Adaptive Fixed-Time Command Filtered Tracking Control for Parametric Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Nonlinear Control Coefficient and Unknown Disturbances

This paper addresses the issue of adaptive fixed-time tracking control (FTTC) for a category of parametric nonlinear systems characterized by unknown nonlinear control coefficient (UNCC) and unknown external disturbances (UEDs). To effectively handle unknown parameters and unknown disturbances, the adaptive parameter estimation method is introduced into the control law design. Meanwhile, some parameter adaptive laws are presented to estimate these unknown parameters. To eliminate repeated differentiation of virtual control laws, a class of nonlinear command filters is introduced. Furthermore, the filtering errors are compensated through the designed adaptive compensation control laws. Subsequently, the Nussbaum gain function technique is further used to deal with the UNCC in the system. Leveraging command-filtering backstepping control (BC) and fixed-time control method, an adaptive command filtered FTTC law is final presented to achieve the fixed time tracking. The theoretical analysis results indicate that the designed control law guarantees the convergence of tracking error to a small neighborhood of zero within a fixed time, while ensuring that all signals within the closed-loop system remain bounded. The proposed control law’s effectiveness is demonstrated through three simulation examples.