Observer-based adaptive sliding mode control for robust tracking and model following

This paper presents a methodological approach to design an observer-based adaptive sliding mode control to realize the problem of robust tracking and modeling following for a class of uncertain linear systems. Only partial information of the system states is known. Based on Lyapunov stability theorem, it will be shown that the proposed scheme guarantees the stability of closed-loop system and achieves zero-tracking error in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. The proposed observer-based adaptive sliding mode control scheme can be implemented without requiring a priori knowledge of upper bounds on the norm of the uncertainties and external disturbances. This scheme assures robustness against system uncertainties and disturbances. Both the theoretical analysis and illustrative example demonstrate the validity of the proposed scheme.