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    • Control Theory
    • Nonlinear Systems
    • Adaptive Control

    Background:

    • Input quantization and unknown control directions pose significant challenges in nonlinear system control.
    • Existing methods often require strict conditions for handling unknown control coefficients.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an adaptive asymptotic tracking control strategy for strict-feedback nonlinear systems with input quantization and unknown control directions.
    • To relax existing theoretical conditions for unknown control coefficients.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing novel improved lemmas to handle unknown control coefficients.
    • Incorporating positive integral time-varying functions into controller design.
    • Disintegrating the hysteresis quantizer for controller design.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved asymptotic tracking control for nonlinear systems under simultaneous input quantization and unknown control directions.
    • Guaranteed boundedness of all signals within the closed-loop system.
    • Validated the control algorithm's feasibility through numerical and practical simulations (Nomoto ship model).

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed adaptive control algorithm effectively addresses complex challenges in nonlinear systems.
    • The method offers a more flexible approach to handling unknown control coefficients.
    • Demonstrated practical applicability and robustness in simulations.