Does self adaptive parameter control exist outside evolutive algorithms?

Hello! i am researching about adaptive and self adaptive parameter control and i found some readings about adaptive control in fields outside evolutive algorithms but i've had no such luck with self adaptive control, the only references i get are applied to evolutive algorithms. Self adaptive control, like i read, enters itself into the individuals of the algorithm, to make the parameter change as they change. My question is, is there some kind of self adaptive parameter control outside evolutive algorithms or is it restricted to them?