A vector small-gain theorem for general non-linear control systems

Iasson Karafyllis, Zhong Ping Jiang

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Abstract

A new small-gain theorem is presented for general non-linear control systems and can be viewed as unification of previously developed non-linear small-gain theorems for systems described by ordinary differential equations, retarded functional differential equations and hybrid models. The novelty of this research work is that vector Lyapunov functions and functionals are utilized to derive various input-to-output stability and input-to-state stability results. It is shown that the proposed approach is extendible to several important classes of control systems such as large-scale complex systems, non-linear sampled-data systems and non-linear time-delay systems. An application to a biochemical circuit model illustrates the generality and power of the proposed vector small-gain theorem.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)309-344
Number of pages36
JournalIMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2011

Keywords

  • feedback systems
  • input-to-output stability
  • small-gain theorem
  • vector Lyapunov functions and functionals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics

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