Fixed-time bounded control of nonlinear systems without initial-state constraint

Abstract

To solve the control problem of time-varying state-scale nonlinear systems whose initial state is not affected by settling time, fixed-time convergence algorithms are proposed for first-order systems and higher-order systems in this paper. First, a scalar model is used to illustrate how the time-varying feedback parameter can guarantee that the system achieves asymptotic stability while achieving finite-time convergence, and it is proved that the settling time obtained in this paper is only related to the prescribed boundary. This allows us to design the settling time with an appropriate parameter based on the prescribed boundary. To exhibit the effectiveness and extensibility of the proposed algorithm for first-order scalar systems, the results are subsequently extended to general higher-order systems based on the backstepping method. By introducing numerical simulation results, this paper verifies that the proposed algorithm will make the system achieve asymptotic stability and its output can converge to a given boundary, regardless of the system's initial states.

Keywords:

• Fixed-time control problem
• backstepping method
• asymptotic stability
• nonlinear system
• finite-time convergence

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Funding

This work is supported partly by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62003282 and Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi under Grant 2022JQ-651.