Title
A Contraction Approach to the Hierarchical Analysis and Design of Networked Systems.
Abstract
This brief is concerned with the stability of continuous-time networked systems. Using contraction theory, a result is established on the network structure and the properties of the individual component subsystems and their couplings to ensure the overall contractivity of the entire network. Specifically, it is shown that a contraction property on a reduced-order matrix that quantifies the interconnection structure, coupled with contractivity/expansion estimates on the individual component subsystems, suffices to ensure that trajectories of the overall system converge towards each other.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TAC.2012.2223355
IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Jacobian matrices,Trajectory,Vectors,Couplings,Stability criteria,Differential equations
Mathematical optimization,Coupling,Matrix (mathematics),Control theory,Contraction (operator theory),Interconnection,Mathematics,Hierarchical analysis,Network structure
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
58
5
0018-9286
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
33
1.51
12
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Giovanni Russo119518.89
Mario Di Bernardo281881.47
Eduardo D. Sontag33134781.88