Title
Interconnections of nonlinear systems with “mixed” small gain and passivity properties and associated input–output stability results
Abstract
A negative feedback interconnection consisting of two causal, nonlinear systems is shown to be input–output stable when a “mixed” small gain and passivity assumption is placed on each of the systems. The “mixed” small gain and passivity property captures the well-known notions of passivity and small gain associated with systems: the property can be appropriately reduced to an input and output strictly passive system description; or alternatively, can be reduced to a description of a system with small gain. More importantly, the property captures the concept of a “blending” of the small gain and passivity ideas. This concept of “blending” can be visualized, for example, by considering linear time-invariant systems that exhibit passivity-type properties at, say, low frequencies; and lose these passivity-type properties but have small gain at high frequencies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1016/j.sysconle.2008.11.006
Systems & Control Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
Nonlinear systems,Input–output stability,Finite gain,Passivity
Passivity,LTI system theory,Nonlinear system,Invariant (physics),Nonlinear control,Control theory,Negative feedback,Input/output,Interconnection,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
58
4
0167-6911
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
1.16
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wynita M. Griggs18113.39
Brian D. O. Anderson23727471.00
Alexander Lanzon356062.09
Michael C. Rotkowitz4141.51