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    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Networked Systems Theory
    • Artificial Intelligence in Control

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    • Existing finite-time consensus protocols often depend on initial states or design parameters, limiting their applicability.
    • Networked strict-feedback systems under directed topologies present challenges for achieving robust consensus.
    • The need for consensus algorithms with predictable convergence times and adaptable performance is critical.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a distributed neuroadaptive consensus solution for leaderless strict-feedback systems under directed topology.
    • To achieve consensus error convergence within a prescribed time, independent of initial conditions.
    • To extend the proposed method to leader-following consensus problems.

    Main Methods:

    • A two-phase performance adjustment approach is utilized for distributed neuroadaptive control.
    • The control scheme incorporates a single parameter estimation to reduce complexity.
    • The methodology is applied to both leaderless and leader-following consensus scenarios in directed networks.

    Main Results:

    • Consensus error converges to a preassigned arbitrarily small residual set within a prescribed time.
    • Tunable transient behavior and desired steady-state control performance are achieved despite unknown initial conditions.
    • The proposed method demonstrates reduced design complexity and online computation requirements.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed distributed neuroadaptive consensus strategy effectively solves the prescribed-time leaderless consensus problem.
    • The approach offers enhanced robustness and performance compared to existing finite-time methods.
    • Numerical simulations confirm the efficiency and benefits of the proposed control scheme for networked systems.