Fraction dynamic-surface-based adaptive neural finite-time control for stochastic nonlinear systems subject to unknown control directions, time-varying input delay and state delay

In this paper, an adaptive neural finite-time tracking control is studied for a category of stochastic nonlinearly parameterized systems with multiple unknown control directions, time-varying input delay, and time-varying state delay. To this end, a novel criterion of semi-globally finite-time stability in probability (SGFSP) is proposed, in the sense of Lyapunov, for stochastic nonlinear systems with multiple unknown control directions. Secondly, a novel auxiliary system with finite-time convergence is presented to cope with the time-varying input delay, the appropriate Lyapunov Krasovskii functionals are utilized to compensate for the time-varying state delay, Nussbaum functions are exploited to identify multiple unknown control directions, and the neural networks (NNs) are applied to approximate the unknown functions of nonlinear parameters. Thirdly, the fraction dynamic surface control (FDSC) technique is embedded in the process of designing the controller, which not only the “explosion of complexity” problems are successfully avoided in traditional backstepping methods but also the command filter convergence can be obtained within a finite time to lead greatly improved for the response speed of command filter. Meanwhile, the error compensation mechanism is established to eliminate the errors of the command filter. Then, based on the proposed novel criterion, all closed-loop signals of the considered systems are SGPFS under the designed controller, and the tracking error can drive to a small neighborhood of the origin in a finite time. In the end, three simulation examples are applied to demonstrate the validity of the control method.