Fuzzy-Approximation Adaptive Prescribed Performance Output Regulation for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

This article studies the output regulation problem (ORP) for nonlinear systems based on prescribed performance control (PPC). The items with the partial derivative of the virtual controller are combined together by using backstepping, and then the fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are used to approximate these combined items, so that the designed virtual controller does not have the partial derivative of the previous virtual controllers. Therefore, this method not only reduces the calculation burden in the backstepping method, but also avoids the disadvantages of dynamic surface control (DSC). Finally, a function
$\Theta $
is constructed such that the overall performance (dynamic performance and steady-state performance) of the tracking error (OPTE) is constrained by PP functions. The proposed control algorithm ensures that all the signals are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded (SGUUB), and the tracking error achieves the PPC. Simulation examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.