2) Designer chooses: reference model, controller structure,

and tuning gains for adjustment mechanism

1) Design controller to drive plant response to mimic ideal
response (error = y
plant
-y
model
=> 0)
An adaptive controller includes a slower control loop that adjusts the
value of a parameter over a longer time-scale
Habituation is the phenomenon when the human body, often the
sensory system, gets used to a certain stimulus and responds
progressively less.
Adaptive Control