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In this article, a decentralized adaptive finite-time tracking control scheme is proposed for a class of nonstrict feedback large-scale nonlinear interconnected systems with disturbances. First, a practical almost fast finite-time stability framework is established for a general nonlinear system, which is then applied to the design of the large-scale system under consideration. By fusing command filter technique and adaptive neural control and introducing two smooth functions, the “singular” and “explosion of complex” problems in the backstepping procedure are circumvented, while the obstacles caused by unknown interconnections are overcome. Moreover, according to the framework of practical almost fast finite-time stability, it is shown that all the closed-loop signals of the large-scale system are almost fast finite-time bounded, and the tracking errors can converge to arbitrarily small residual sets predefined in an almost fast finite time. Finally, a simulation example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed finite-time decentralized control scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the finite-time adaptive neural control and almost disturbance decoupling problems for multi-input/multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems with disturbances and non-strict-feedback structure. In the design procedure of the adaptive controller, neural networks are employed to estimate the unknown nonlinearities and Young's inequality is utilized to cope with the disturbance terms derived from all subsystems. In order to characterize the disturbance attenuation performance of finite-time adaptive control, a criterion named finite-time almost disturbance decoupling is first developed. Under this criterion, an adaptive neural controller is designed via the backstepping method and the appropriate selection of Lyapunov function. It is revealed that the proposed controller can guarantee all variables of the closed-loop system are bounded, and the performance of finite-time almost disturbance decoupling is realized. Finally, a practical example is employed to validate the effectiveness of the designed controller. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]