Neural networks-based adaptive output feedback control for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with input delay and disturbances

This paper focuses on the problem of adaptive output feedback control for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with input delay and disturbances. Radial basis function neural networks (NNs) are employed to approximate the unknown functions and an NN observer is constructed to estimate the unmeasurable system states. Moreover, an auxiliary system is introduced to compensate for the effect of input delay. With the aid of the backstepping technique and Lyapunov stability theorem, an adaptive NN output feedback controller is designed which can guarantee the boundedness of all the signals in the closed-loop systems. Finally, a simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Adaptive neural finite-time control of nonlinear systems subject to sensor hysteresis

In this paper, an adaptive neural control scheme is proposed for a class of unknown nonlinear systems with unknown sensor hysteresis. The radial basis function neural networks are employed to approximate the unknown nonlinearities and the backstepping technique is implemented to construct controllers. The difficulty of the control design lies in that the genuine states of the system are not available for feedback, which is caused by sensor hysteresis. The proposed control scheme eventually ensures the practical finite-time stability of the closed-loop system, which is proved by the Lyapunov theory. A numerical simulation example is included to verify the effectiveness of the developed approach.     

Adaptive neural network control for a class of discrete-time nonlinear interconnected systems with unknown dead-zone

In this paper, the problem of adaptive neural network control design is addressed for a kind of discrete-time nonlinear interconnected systems with unknown dead-zone. The control purpose of this paper is to design an adaptive neural network controller to ensure the systems stability and achieve the desired control performance. The neural networks are utilized to approximate the unknown functions. On the basis of utility functions, the critic signals are considered in the designed control signals. In order to offset the impact of unknown asymmetric dead-zone in the controlled system, the adaptive assistant signal is constructed. Based on the gradient descent rule, the weight tuning laws are obtained. The difference Lyapunov function theory is adopted to prove the studied system stability. The viability of the devised control strategy is further testified via some simulation results.     

Approximation-based decentralized output-feedback control for uncertain stochastic interconnected nonlinear time-delay systems with input delay and asymmetric input saturation

This paper proposes an adaptive observer-based neural controller for a class of uncertain large-scale stochastic nonlinear systems with actuator delay and time-delay nonlinear interactions, where drift and diffusion terms contain all state variables of their own subsystem. First, a state observer is established for estimating the unmeasured states, and a predictor-like term is utilized to transform the input delayed system into the delay-free system. Second, novel appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals are used to compensate the time-delay terms, and neural networks are employed to approximate unknown nonlinear functions. At last, an output-feedback adaptive neural control scheme is constructed by using Lyapunov stability theory and backstepping technique. It is shown that the designed neural controller can ensure that all the signals in the closed-loop system are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded (SGUUB) and the tracking error is driven to a small neighborhood of the origin. The simulation results are presented to further show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Command filter-based adaptive fault-tolerant tracking control for uncertain non-strict feedback multi-agent systems with or without state constraints

This paper considers the topic of adaptive leader-following fault-tolerant tracking control for a class of non-strict feedback nonlinear multi-agent systems with or without state constraints in a unified solution. Through the use of certain transformation techniques, the original constraint system is recast as a new completely unconstrained system. Compared with the existing results, the limitation that the constraint functions need upper bound is relaxed. By employing radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs) to approximate the unknown functions. A novel adaptive fault-tolerant consensus tracking control (CTC) manner is raised with command filtered backstepping design. Then, through the Lyapunov stability analysis, the proposed scheme can ensure all signals in the closed-loop system are cooperative semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded (SGUUB). Finally, simulation example confirms the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Event-driven NN adaptive fixed-time control for nonlinear systems with guaranteed performance

This article investigates the adaptive neural network fixed-time tracking control issue for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems with prescribed performance demands, in which the radial basis function neural networks (RBFNNs) are utilized to approximate the unknown items. First, an modified fractional-order command filtered backstepping (FOCFB) control technique is incorporated to address the issue of the iterative derivation and remove the impact of filtering errors, where a fractional-order filter is adopted to improve the filter performance. Furthermore, an event-driven-based fixed-time adaptive controller is constructed to reduce the communication burden while excluding the Zeno-behavior. Stability results prove that the designed controller not only guarantees all the signals of the closed-loop system (CLS) are practically fixed-time bounded, but also the tracking error can be regulated to the predefined boundary. Finally, the feasibility and superiority of the proposed control algorithm are verified by two simulation examples.     

Adaptive neural asymptotic tracking control for a class of stochastic non-strict-feedback switched systems

The adaptive asymptotic tracking control problem for a class of stochastic non-strict-feedback switched nonlinear systems is addressed in this paper. For the unknown continuous functions, some neural networks are used to approximate them online, and the dynamic surface control (DSC) technique is employed to develop the novel adaptive neural control scheme with the nonlinear filter. The proposed controller ensures that all the closed-loop signals remain semiglobally bounded in probability, at the same time, the output signal asymptotically tracks the desired signal in probability. Finally, a simulation is made to examine the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Adaptive neural network decentralized stabilization for nonlinear large scale interconnected systems with expanding construction

A backstepping-based adaptive neural network decentralized stabilization approach is presented for the expanding construction of a class of nonlinear large scale interconnected systems in this paper. The expanding construction of large scale interconnected systems is to add some new subsystems into the original system during the operation of the original system. For stabilization of the expanding system, it is more realistic to keep the decentralized control laws of the original subsystems unchanged. And the decentralized control laws of the new subsystems must be designed to stabilize both itself and the resultant large scale system. In this paper, neural networks are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions in the new subsystems and the unknown nonlinear interconnection functions. The decentralized control laws and the parameter adaptive laws of the new subsystems are designed by using backstepping technique for the expanding construction of the large-scale interconnected system. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, the uniform and ultimate boundedness of all signals in the closed-loop system is proved. Two illustrative examples show the feasibility of the presented approach.     

Observer-Based adaptive neural inverse optimal consensus control of nonlinear multiagent systems

The objective of this article is to present an adaptive neural inverse optimal consensus tracking control for nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) with unmeasurable states. In the control process, firstly, to approximate the unknown state, a new observer is created which includes the outputs of other agents and their estimated information. The neural network is used to reckon the uncertain nonlinear dynamic systems. Based on a new inverse optimal method and the construction of tuning functions, an adaptive neural inverse optimal consensus tracking controller is proposed, which does not depend on the auxiliary system, thus greatly reducing the computational load. The developed scheme not only insures that all signals of the system are cooperatively semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded (CSUUB), but also realizes optimal control of all signals. Eventually, two simulations provide the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Event-triggered adaptive control of multi-agent systems with saturated input and partial state constraints

In this paper, we study the consensus tracking control problem of a class of strict-feedback multi-agent systems (MASs) with uncertain nonlinear dynamics, input saturation, output and partial state constraints (PSCs) which are assumed to be time-varying. An adaptive distributed control scheme is proposed for consensus achievement via output feedback and event-triggered strategy in directed networks containing a spanning tree. To handle saturated control inputs, a linear form of the control input is adopted by transforming the saturation function. The radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) is applied to approximate the uncertain nonlinear dynamics. Since the system outputs are the only available data, a high-gain adaptive observer based on RBFNN is constructed to estimate the unmeasurable states. To ensure that the constraints of system outputs and partial states are never violated, a barrier Lyapunov function (BLF) with time-varying boundary function is constructed. Event-triggered control (ETC) strategy is applied to save communication resources. By using backstepping design method, the proposed distributed controller can guarantee the boundedness of all system signals, consensus tracking with a bounded error and avoidance of Zeno behavior. Finally, the correctness of the theoretical results is verified by computer simulation.     

Backstepping-based adaptive dynamic programming for missile-target guidance systems with state and input constraints

In this paper, a novel backstepping-based adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) method is developed to solve the problem of intercepting a maneuver target in the presence of full-state and input constraints. To address state constraints, a barrier Lyapunov function is introduced to every backstepping procedure. An auxiliary design system is employed to compensate the input constraints. Then, an adaptive backstepping feedforward control strategy is designed, by which the tracking problem for strict-feedback systems can be reduced to an equivalence optimal regulation problem for affine nonlinear systems. Secondly, an adaptive optimal controller is developed by using ADP technique, in which a critic network is constructed to approximate the solution of the associated Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) equation. Therefore, the whole control scheme consists of an adaptive feedforward controller and an optimal feedback controller. By utilizing Lyapunov's direct method, all signals in the closed-loop system are guaranteed to be uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB). Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed strategy is demonstrated by using a simple nonlinear system and a nonlinear two-dimensional missile-target interception system.     

Observer-based adaptive fuzzy control of a class of MIMO non-strict feedback nonlinear systems

This paper investigates the adaptive fuzzy control design problem of multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) non-strict feedback nonlinear systems. The considered control systems contain unknown control directions and dead zones. Fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are utilized to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions, and the state observers are designed to estimate immeasurable states. By constructing a dead zone compensator and introducing a Nussbaum gain function into the backstepping technique, an adaptive fuzzy output feedback control method is developed. The proposed adaptive fuzzy controller is proved to guarantee the semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded (SGUUB) of the closed-loop system, and can solve the control design problems of unmeasured states, unknown control directions and dead zones. The simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.     

Adaptive neural network dynamic surface control of uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown control direction and unknown actuator fault

In this paper, the tracking control problem of a class of uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown control direction and unknown actuator fault is studied. By using the neural network control approach and dynamic surface control technique, an adaptive neural network dynamic surface control law is designed. Based on the neural network approximator, the uncertain nonlinear dynamics are approximated. Using the dynamic surface control technique, the complexity explosion problems in the design of virtual control laws and adaptive updating laws can be overcome. Moreover, to solve the unknown control direction and unknown actuator fault problems, a type of Nussbaum gain function is incorporated into the recursive design of dynamic surface control. Based on the designed adaptive control law, it can be confirmed that all of the signals in the closed-loop system are semi-global bounded, and the convergence of the tracking error to the specified small neighborhood of the origin could be ensured by adjusting the designing parameters. Finally, two examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive control law.     

Adaptive practical finite-time stabilization for switched nonlinear systems in pure-feedback form

This paper investigates adaptive practical finite-time stabilization for a class of switched nonlinear systems in pure-feedback form. Under some appropriate assumptions, a controller and adaptive laws are designed by using adding a power integrator technique, and neural networks are employed to approximate unknown nonlinear functions. It is proved that all states of the closed-loop system converge to a small neighborhood of the origin in finite time. Finally, two simulations are provided to show the feasibility and validity of the proposed control scheme.     

Error-driven nonlinear feedback-based fuzzy adaptive output dynamic surface control for nonlinear systems with partially constrained tracking errors

In this paper, a novel error-driven nonlinear feedback technique is designed for partially constrained errors fuzzy adaptive observer-based dynamic surface control of a class of multiple-input-multiple-output nonlinear systems in the presence of uncertainties and interconnections. There is no requirements that the states are available for the controller design by constructing fuzzy adaptive observer, which can online identify the unmeasurable states using available output information only. By transforming partial tracking errors into new error variables, partially constrained tracking errors can be guaranteed to be confined in pre-specified performance regions. The feature of the error-driven nonlinear feedback technique is that the feedback gain self-adjusts with varying tracking errors, which prevents high-gain chattering with large errors and guarantees disturbance attenuation with small errors. Based on a new non-quadratic Lyapunov function, it is proved that the signals in the resulted closed-loop system are kept bounded. Simulation and comparative results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Backstepping-based decentralized adaptive neural H∞ tracking control for a class of large-scale nonlinear interconnected systems

The decentralized tracking control methods for large-scale nonlinear systems are investigated in this paper. A backstepping-based robust decentralized adaptive neural H_∞ tracking control method is addressed for a class of large-scale strict feedback nonlinear systems with uncertain disturbances. Under the condition that the nonlinear interconnection functions in subsystems are unknown and mismatched, the decentralized adaptive neural network H_∞ tracking controllers are designed based on backstepping technology. Neural networks are used to approximate the packaged multinomial including the unknown interconnections and nonlinear functions in the subsystems as well as the derivatives of the virtual controls. The effect of external disturbances and approximation errors is attenuated by H_∞ tracking performance. Whether the external disturbances occur or not, the output tracking errors of the close-loop system are guaranteed to be bounded. A practical example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.     

Command filtered robust adaptive NN control for a class of uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems under input saturation

This paper develops a robust adaptive neural network (NN) tracking control scheme for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown nonlinearities and unknown external disturbances under input saturation. The radial basis function NNs with minimal learning parameter (MLP) are employed to online approximate the uncertain system dynamics. The adaptive laws are designed to online update the upper bound of the norm of ideal NN weight vectors, and the sum of the bounds of NN approximation errors and external disturbances, respectively. An auxiliary dynamic system is constructed to generate the augmented error signals which are used to modify the adaptive laws for preventing the destructive action due to the input saturation. Moreover, the command filtering backstepping control method is utilized to overcome the shortcoming of dynamic surface control method, the tracking-differentiator-based control method, etc. Our proposed scheme is qualified for simultaneously dealing with the input saturation effect, the heavy computational burden and the “explosion of complexity” problems. Theoretical analysis illuminates that our scheme ensures the boundedness of all signals in the closed-loop systems. Simulation results on two examples verify the effectiveness of our developed control scheme.     

Adaptive neural control of stochastic nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics and time-varying state delays

In this paper, a novel adaptive control scheme is investigated based on the backstepping design for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics and time-varying state delays. The radial basis function neural networks are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions obtained by using Ito differential formula and Young?s inequality. The unknown time-varying delays and the unmodeled dynamics are dealt with by constructing appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functions and introducing available dynamic signal. It is proved that all signals in the closed-loop system are bounded in probability and the error signals are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded (SGUUB) in mean square or the sense of four-moment. Simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design.     

Adaptive control of output feedback nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics and output constraint

This paper is concerned with the adaptive control problem of a class of output feedback nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics and output constraint. Two dynamic surface control design approaches based on integral barrier Lyapunov function are proposed to design controller ensuring both desired tracking performance and constraint satisfaction. The radial basis function neural networks are utilized to approximate unknown nonlinear continuous functions. K-filters and dynamic signal are introduced to estimate the unmeasured states and deal with the dynamic uncertainties, respectively. By theoretical analysis, the closed-loop control system is proved to be semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded, while the output constraint is never violated. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

Actuator failure compensation and attitude control for rigid satellite by adaptive control using quaternion feedback

The attitude control problem of a rigid satellite with actuator failure uncertainties and external disturbance is addressed using adaptive control method. A discontinuous adaptive failure compensation controller, using unit quaternion and angular velocities feedback, is designed to accommodate the external disturbance and actuator failures which are uncertain in time instants, values and patterns. A common approximate function is used to avoid system chattering caused by such discontinuous control laws. The parameters of external disturbance and failure uncertainties are estimated directly by adaptive laws, and the desired stability and output tracking properties of the adaptive control system are analyzed. Finally, simulation results of a rigid satellite with six reaction wheels are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme.