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Robust perfect adaptation in bacterial chemotaxis through integral feedback control

Integral feedback supplies a conventional mechanism for robust adaptation; adaptation is not automatically task learning.

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T.-M. Yi; Y. Huang; M. I. Simon; J. Doyle · 2000 · PNAS 97, 4649–4653

Integral feedback supplies a conventional mechanism for robust adaptation; adaptation is not automatically task learning.

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.9.4649

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Full-text passage checked. Integral feedback control section and Appendix.

the closed loop system is stable

Integral feedback explains robust adaptation under stated assumptions. Adaptation alone does not demonstrate task learning.

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