Adaptive Control of Solar Energy Collector Systems

Solar Energy Collector Systems.- Models and Dynamics.- Predictive Adaptive Control with Linear Models.- Multiple-Model Adaptive Control.- Nonlinear Predictive Control.- Nonlinear Adaptive Control.- Flatness-Based Methods.- Appendices: Nomenclature; Solution of the DCSF PDE; Recursive Least Squares Deduction; MUSMAR as a Newton Minimization Algorithm; Derivation of the MUSMAR Dual Algorithm; Warped Time Optimization; Characterization of the Eigenvalues of the Linearized Tracking Dynamics; Stability of a Time-Varying Systems.