Design of model reference adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller for uncertain time-delay systems with input containing sector nonlinearities and dead-zone

This paper addresses the problem of model reference adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller (MRAFSMC) for uncertain time-delay systems with input containing sector nonlinearities and dead-zone. The model reference tracking control design method and the adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control technique are combined in the design of the MRAFSMC. By the Lyapunov stability theorem, it is shown that the proposed controller not only possesses the advantages of sliding mode control (SMC) and adaptive fuzzy control technique, but also eliminates the disadvantage of traditional SMC. An illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed controller.