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    AI Techniques for Control and Observation of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
    (Souaad TAHRAOUI, 2026-05-19) AZEDDINE BELOUFA
    This thesis confronts the gap between theory and practice in controlling the Twin Rotor MIMO System (TRMS). A conventional approach combining a backstepping controller with a fixed-gain High-Gain Observer (HGO) was first evaluated, demonstrating successful performance in simulation for both setpoint regulation and trajectory tracking. When transferred to the physical platform, the regulation performance was preserved, confirming the validity of the design under steady-state conditions. However, the same controller failed completely during real-time trajectory tracking, revealing a fundamental limitation of the fixed-gain observer architecture: its inability to simultaneously ensure fast state estimation and suppress real-world sensor noise under dynamic operating conditions. To resolve this specific failure mode, an adaptive control architecture was designed in which online-learning neural networks intelligently tune the observer gains in real time. Two distinct schemes were developed: a Feedforward Neural Network (FFNN) and a Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN), both modulating the HGO parameters based on the live observation error. Experimental validation on a TRMS testbed confirms that both proposed methods achieve robust and accurate tracking under the exact conditions that caused the conventional controller to fail. This work presents a proven solution to a documented real-world control problem and provides a direct comparative analysis of the FFNN and RBFNN approaches in this challenging application.