Title :
Suboptimality bounds and stability in the control of nonlinear dynamic systems
Author :
Laub, A.J. ; Bailey, F.N.
Author_Institution :
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
fDate :
6/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Certain results paralleling those of Bailey and Ramapriyan [1] for linear dynamic systems are presented for nonlinear systems. For "weakly perturbed" systems certain suboptimal controls are shown to be stabilizing and upper and lower bounds on the suboptimality are investigated.
Keywords :
Decentralized control; Nonlinear systems, continuous-time; Perturbation methods; Stability; Suboptimal control; Control systems; Degradation; Distributed control; Feedback; Linear systems; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear systems; Performance analysis; Regulators; Stability;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1976.1101224
