We consider general discrete-time nonlinear systems (of arbitrary nonlinear growth) with time-varying input delays and design an explicit predictor feedback controller to compensate the input delay. Such results have been achieved in continuous time, but only under the restriction that the delay rate is bounded by unity, which ensures that the input signal flow does not get reversed, namely, th...

in this paper, the problem of finite time stabilization for guidance system is investigated and a novel nonlinear guidance law against maneuvering targets is proposed based on the principles of parallel navigation. the proposed law is developed using two variable structure control techniques. by applying finite time integral sliding mode and combining it with terminal sliding mode, a new guidan...

Robustness is established for the predictor feedback for linear time-invariant systems with respect to possibly time-varying perturbations of the input delay, with a constant nominal delay. The prior results have addressed qualitatively constant delay perturbations (robustness of stability in L2 norm of actuator state) and delay perturbations with restricted rate of change (robustness of stabil...

This paper presents methods for estimating time delay margin for adaptive control of input delay systems with almost linear structured uncertainty. The bounded linear stability analysis method seeks to represent an adaptive law by a locally bounded linear approximation within a small time window. The time delay margin of this input delay system represents a local stability measure and is comput...