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    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Nonlinear Dynamics
    • Adaptive Control

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    • Addressing control challenges in unknown, interconnected nonlinear systems with time delays.
    • Managing input saturation and conflicted output constraints in control systems.
    • Handling difficulties introduced by discontinuous reference signals in control design.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an improved error-constrained control strategy for complex time-delay nonlinear systems.
    • To ensure tracking errors remain within finite bounds despite system uncertainties and constraints.
    • To design a robust control mechanism capable of handling discontinuous reference signals and input saturation.

    Main Methods:

    • Devising a mechanism for generating smooth, safe reference signals.
    • Utilizing improved prescribed performance functions to bound tracking errors.
    • Proposing a decentralized adaptive learning error-constrained control strategy with neural networks and dynamic surface control.

    Main Results:

    • Tracking errors are confined within predetermined constant bounds in finite time.
    • The control scheme guarantees asymptotic stability of the system.
    • Safe tracking within conflicted irregular output constraints is achieved, even with input saturation.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed control strategy effectively addresses the improved error-constrained control problem for complex systems.
    • The method ensures system stability and safe tracking performance under challenging conditions.
    • Simulation results validate the efficacy and robustness of the developed control approach.