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    Area of Science:

    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Nonlinear Dynamics

    Background:

    • Output-feedback systems with unknown time-varying delays present significant control challenges.
    • Existing control strategies often struggle with system uncertainties and dynamic gain variations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a globally adaptive neural-network tracking control strategy for uncertain output-feedback systems.
    • To address unknown time-varying delays and ensure system stability.

    Main Methods:

    • A dynamic gain observer and a reduced-order observer with novel dynamic gain were proposed.
    • An n-th order continuously differentiable switching function was constructed for continuous switching control.
    • Global uniform ultimate boundedness (GUUB) of closed-loop signals was mathematically proven.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed control strategy ensures that all closed-loop signals are globally uniformly ultimately bounded (GUUB).
    • Tracking errors converge to an adjustable small region by tuning designed parameters.
    • Simulation examples validated the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed adaptive neural-network control strategy effectively handles uncertain output-feedback systems with unknown time-varying delays.
    • The novel dynamic gain observer and switching function ensure system stability and performance.
    • The approach offers a robust solution for complex control problems.