A graphical approach to prove contraction of nonlinear circuits and systems

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-348

  Russo, Giovanni ^a   Di Bernardo, Mario ^a,b   Slotine, Jean Jacques E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological systems; discrete time systems; nonlinear dynamical systems; nonlinear network analysis; systems analysis and design

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ASSOCIATED MATRICES; DISCRETE - TIME SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL APPROACH; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; NONLINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION STRATEGIES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; THEORETICAL DERIVATIONS;

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 79551555317     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2010.2071810     Document Type: Article

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