Patchy Vector Fields and Asymptotic Stabilization

Fabio Ancona; Alberto Bressan

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2010)

  • Volume: 4, page 445-471
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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This paper is concerned with the structure of asymptotically stabilizing feedbacks for a nonlinear control system on ℝ n . We first introduce a family of discontinuous, piecewise smooth vector fields and derive a number of properties enjoyed by solutions of the corresponding O.D.E's. We then define a class of “patchy feedbacks” which are obtained by patching together a locally finite family of smooth controls. Our main result shows that, if a system is asymptotically controllable at the origin, then it can be stabilized by a piecewise constant patchy feedback control.

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Ancona, Fabio, and Bressan, Alberto. "Patchy Vector Fields and Asymptotic Stabilization." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 4 (2010): 445-471. <http://eudml.org/doc/116552>.

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author = {Ancona, Fabio, Bressan, Alberto},
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