TY - JOUR AU - Kharrat, Mohamed AU - Alhazmi, Hadil PY - 2024 TI - Neural networks-based adaptive fault-tolerant control for a class of nonstrict-feedback nonlinear systems with actuator faults and input delay JO - AIMS Mathematics SP - 13689 EP - 13711 VL - 9 IS - 6 AB - This paper addresses the challenge of adaptive control for nonstrict-feedback nonlinear systems that involve input delay, actuator faults, and external disturbance. To deal with the complexities arising from input delay and unknown functions, we have incorporated Pade approximation and radial basis function neural networks, respectively. An adaptive controller has been developed by utilizing the Lyapunov stability theorem and the backstepping approach. The suggested method guarantees that the tracking error converges to a compact neighborhood that contains the origin and that every signal in the closed-loop system is semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded. To demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method, an electromechanical system application example, and a numerical example are provided. Additionally, comparative analysis was conducted between the Pade approximation proposed in this paper and the auxiliary systems in the existing method. Furthermore, error assessment criteria have been employed to substantiate the effectiveness of the proposed method by comparing it with existing results. UR - https://doi.org/10.3934/math.2024668 DO - 10.3934/math.2024668