Autonomous Control Systems: Architecture and Fundamental Issues

Abstract

Autonomous control systems must perform well under significant uncertainties in the plant and the environment for extended periods of time and they must be able to compensate for system failures without external intervention. Such control systems evolve from conventional control systems and their development requires interdisciplinary research. A hierarchical functional autonomous control architecture is introduced here and its functions are described in detail. The fundamental issues in autonomous control system modelling and analysis are discussed.