Synchronization of diffusively-connected nonlinear systems: Results based on contractions with respect to general norms

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-106

  Aminzare, Zahra ^a   Sontag, Eduardo D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral science; Consensus; Contraction of nonlinear systems; Convergence; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Jacobian matrices; Laplace equations; Linear matrix inequalities; Nonlinear systems; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; LAPLACE EQUATION; LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CARTESIAN PRODUCTS; CONSENSUS; CONTRACTION THEORY; CONVERGENCE; INNER PRODUCT; MATRIX MEASURES; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84922746020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2015.2395075     Document Type: Article

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