Stability Theory via Vector Lyapunov Functions

Author(s):  
Wassim M. Haddad ◽  
Sergey G. Nersesov

This chapter describes a fundamental stability theory for nonlinear dynamical systems using vector Lyapunov functions. It first introduces the notation and definitions before developing stability theorems via vector Lyapunov functions for continuous-time and discrete-time nonlinear dynamical systems. It then extends the theory of vector Lyapunov functions by constructing a generalized comparison system whose vector field can be a function of the comparison system states as well as the nonlinear dynamical system states. It also presents a generalized convergence result which, in the case of a scalar comparison system, specializes to the classical Krasovskii–LaSalle theorem. In the analysis of large-scale nonlinear interconnected dynamical systems, several Lyapunov functions arise naturally from the stability properties of each individual subsystem.

Author(s):  
Wassim M. Haddad ◽  
Sergey G. Nersesov

This chapter develops vector dissipativity notions for large-scale nonlinear impulsive dynamical systems. In particular, it introduces a generalized definition of dissipativity for large-scale nonlinear impulsive dynamical systems in terms of a hybrid vector dissipation inequality involving a vector hybrid supply rate, a vector storage function, and an essentially nonnegative, semistable dissipation matrix. The chapter also defines generalized notions of a vector available storage and a vector required supply and shows that they are element-by-element ordered, nonnegative, and finite. Extended Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov conditions, in terms of the local impulsive subsystem dynamics and the interconnection constraints, are developed for characterizing vector dissipativeness via vector storage functions for large-scale impulsive dynamical systems. Finally, using the concepts of vector dissipativity and vector storage functions as candidate vector Lyapunov functions, the chapter presents feedback interconnection stability results of large-scale impulsive nonlinear dynamical systems.


Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Alessandri ◽  
Patrizia Bagnerini ◽  
Roberto Cianci

State observers for systems having Lipschitz nonlinearities are considered for what concerns the stability of the estimation error by means of a decomposition of the dynamics of the error into the cascade of two systems. First, conditions are established in order to guarantee the asymptotic stability of the estimation error in a noise-free setting. Second, under the effect of system and measurement disturbances regarded as unknown inputs affecting the dynamics of the error, the proposed observers provide an estimation error that is input-to-state stable with respect to these disturbances. Lyapunov functions and functionals are adopted to prove such results. Third, simulations are shown to confirm the theoretical achievements and the effectiveness of the stability conditions we have established.


Author(s):  
Wassim M. Haddad ◽  
Sergey G. Nersesov

This chapter describes a stability and control design framework for time-varying and time-invariant sets of nonlinear dynamical systems. The framework is applied to the problem of coordination control for multiagent interconnected systems predicated on vector Lyapunov functions. In multiagent systems, several Lyapunov functions arise naturally where each agent can be associated with a generalized energy function corresponding to a component of a vector Lyapunov function. The chapter characterizes a moving formation of vehicles as a time-varying set in the state space to develop a distributed control design framework for multivehicle coordinated motion control by designing stabilizing controllers for time-varying sets of nonlinear dynamical systems. The proposed cooperative control algorithms are shown to globally exponentially stabilize both moving and static formations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
P. Sattayatham ◽  
R. Saelim ◽  
S. Sujitjorn

Exponential and asymptotic stability for a class of nonlinear dynamical systems with uncertainties is investigated.  Based on the stability of the nominal system, a class of bounded continuous feedback controllers is constructed.  By such a class of controllers, the results guarantee exponential and asymptotic stability of uncertain nonlinear dynamical system.  A numerical example is also given to demonstrate the use of the main result.


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