A Data-Driven ILC Framework for a Class of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems

In this article, we propose a data-driven iterative learning control (ILC) framework for unknown nonlinear nonaffine repetitive discrete-time single-input–single-output systems by applying the dynamic linearization (DL) technique. The ILC law is constructed based on the equivalent DL expression of an unknown ideal learning controller in the iteration and time domains. The learning control gain vector is adaptively updated by using a Newton-type optimization method. The monotonic convergence on the tracking errors of the controlled plant is theoretically guaranteed with respect to the 2-norm under some conditions. In the proposed ILC framework, existing proportional, integral, and derivative type ILC, and high-order ILC can be considered as special cases. The proposed ILC framework is a pure data-driven ILC, that is, the ILC law is independent of the physical dynamics of the controlled plant, and the learning control gain updating algorithm is formulated using only the measured input–output data of the nonlinear system. The proposed ILC framework is effectively verified by two illustrative examples on a complicated unknown nonlinear system and on a linear time-varying system.