Self-Constructing Adaptive Robust Fuzzy Neural Tracking Control of Surface Vehicles With Uncertainties and Unknown Disturbances

In this paper, a novel self-constructing adaptive robust fuzzy neural control (SARFNC) scheme for tracking surface vehicles, whereby a self-constructing fuzzy neural network (SCFNN) is employed to approximate system uncertainties and unknown disturbances, is proposed. The salient features of the SAR...

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Published inIEEE transactions on control systems technology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 991 - 1002
Main Authors Wang, Ning, Joo Er, Meng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2015
Subjects
Adaptation models
Adaptive robust tracking control
Approximation methods
Robustness
Sea surface
self-constructing fuzzy neural network (SCFNN)
surface vehicle
Uncertainty
Vehicle dynamics
Vehicles
self-constructing fuzzy neural network (SCFNN)
Adaptive robust tracking control
surface vehicle
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Summary:In this paper, a novel self-constructing adaptive robust fuzzy neural control (SARFNC) scheme for tracking surface vehicles, whereby a self-constructing fuzzy neural network (SCFNN) is employed to approximate system uncertainties and unknown disturbances, is proposed. The salient features of the SARFNC scheme are as follows: 1) unlike the predefined-structure approaches, the SCFNN is able to online self-construct dynamic-structure fuzzy neural approximator by generating and pruning fuzzy rules, and achieve accurate approximation; 2) an adaptive approximation-based controller (AAC) is designed by combining sliding-mode control with SCFNN approximation using improved projection-based adaptive laws, which avoid parameter drift and singularity in membership functions simultaneously; 3) to compensate for approximation errors, a robust supervisory controller (RSC) is presented to enhance the robustness of the overall SARFNC control system; and 4) the SARFNC consisting of AAC and RSC can achieve an excellent tracking performance, whereby tracking errors and their first derivatives are globally uniformly ultimately bounded. Simulation studies and comprehensive comparisons with traditional adaptive control schemes demonstrate remarkable performance and superiority of the SARFNC scheme in terms of tracking errors and online approximation.
ISSN:1063-6536
1558-0865
DOI:10.1109/TCST.2014.2359880