Adaptive robust dynamic surface control with composite adaptation laws

This paper focuses on an adaptive robust dynamic surface control (ARDSC) with composite adaptation laws (CAL) for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems in semi-strict feedback form. A simple and effective controller has been obtained by introducing dynamic surface control (DSC) technique and designing novel adaptation laws. First, the 'explosion of terms' problem caused by backstepping method in the traditional adaptive robust control (ARC) is avoided. Meanwhile, through a new proof philosophy the asymptotical output tracking that the ARC possesses is theoretically preserved. Second, when persistent excitation (PE) condition satisfies, true parameter estimates could be acquired via designing CALs which integrate the information of estimation errors. Finally, simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.