Composite Learning Prescribed Performance Control of Nonlinear Systems

This paper investigates a composite learning prescribed performance control (PPC) scheme for uncertain strict‐feedback system. Firstly, a prescribed performance boundary (PPB) condition is developed for the tracking error, and the original system is transformed into an equivalent one by using a transformation function. In order to ensure that the tracking error satisfies the PPB, a sufficient condition is given. Then, a control scheme of PPC combined with neural network (NN) and backstepping technique is proposed. However, the unknown functions cannot be guaranteed to estimate accurately by this method. To solve this problem, predictive errors are defined by applying online recorded date and instantaneous date. Furthermore, novel composite learning laws are proposed to update NN weights based on a partial persistent excitation (PE) condition. Subsequently, the stability of the closed‐loop system is guaranteed and all signals are kept bounded by using composite learning PPC method. Finally, simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods.