Robust Adaptive Self-Structuring Neural Network Bounded Target Tracking Control of Underactuated Surface Vessels.

Journal: Computational intelligence and neuroscience
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Abstract

This paper studies the target-tracking problem of underactuated surface vessels with model uncertainties and external unknown disturbances. A composite robust adaptive self-structuring neural-network-bounded controller is proposed to improve system performance and avoid input saturation. An extended state observer is proposed to estimate the uncertain nonlinear term, including the unknown velocity of the tracking target, when only the measurement values of the line-of-sight range and angle can be obtained. An adaptive self-structuring neural network is developed to approximate model uncertainties and external unknown disturbances, which can effectively optimize the structure of the neural network to reduce the computational burden by adjusting the number of neurons online. The input-to-state stability of the total closed-loop system is analyzed by the cascade stability theorem. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Authors

  • Haitao Liu
    Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China; Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Technology & System of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
  • Jianfei Lin
    School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
  • Guoyan Yu
    School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.
  • Jianbin Yuan
    School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.