Composite-Disturbances-Observer-Based Finite-Time Fuzzy Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control of Nonlinear Systems With Preassigned Performance

This article studies a nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO)-based finite-time fuzzy adaptive dynamic surface control (DSC) of nonlinear systems (NSs) with external disturbances and preassigned performance indices. By constructing a type of finite-time preassigned-performance function (FTPF), the tracking error variable is confined within the boundaries of the FTPF such that the performance metrics, for instance, steady-state error, and convergence time, could be satisfied. Incorporating fuzzy adaptive control with the NDO technique, an effective composite NDO (CNDO) scheme is built to reckon the unknown composite disturbances, including unknown external disturbances and fuzzy approximation errors, which implies that fuzzy approaching errors can be further cut down. It is confirmed that the closed-loop system is semiglobally practically finite-time stable, as well as the tracking error and convergence time satisfy the predefined performance indices. In the end, the validity of the CNDO-based finite-time adaptive DSC scheme has been evidenced by a practical example model.