Robust global stabilization of a class of uncertain feedforward nonlinear systems

Systems and Control Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 281-290

  Marconi, L ^a   Isidori, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded control; Feedforward systems; Nonlinear systems; Small gain theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000706520     PISSN: 01676911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6911(00)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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