Adaptive control theory has developed significantly over the past few years; self-tuning control represents one branch of adaptive control that has been successfully applied in practice. This book presents a complete course in self-tuning control. It gives comprehensive coverage, featuring a strong emphasis on practical problem solving, with control algorithms clearly laid out in easy-to-follow formulae, code listings or made directly available as MATLAB® functions, making the book particularly suitable as an aid to project work. Specially written MATLAB® toolboxes are available, plus worked examples and tutorial exercises at every stage of the learning process.

Vladimír Bobál (Prof. Ing. CSc.) graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology in 1966. He received the CSc. (Ph.D.) degree in Technical Cybernetics at the Institute of Technical Cybernetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava. From 1969 he has worked as a Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and now Professor in the Department of Automatic Control at the Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlín. His research interests are adaptive control systems, system identification, multivariable systems and CAD for self-tuning controllers. He has published over 190 contributions in scientific journals and conference proceedings (in English and Czech), 7 textbooks and 1 monograph (in Czech).