A discussion on the Hölder and robust finite-time partial stabilizability of Brockett's integrator

Jammazi, Chaker

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Tome 18 (2012) no. 2, pp. 360-382.

We consider chained systems that model various systems of mechanical or biological origin. It is known according to Brockett that this class of systems, which are controllable, is not stabilizable by continuous stationary feedback (i.e. independent of time). Various approaches have been proposed to remedy this problem, especially instationary or discontinuous feedbacks. Here, we look at another stabilization strategy (by continuous stationary or discontinuous feedbacks) to ensure the asymptotic stability even in finite time for some variables, while other variables do converge, and not necessarily toward equilibrium. Furthermore, we build feedbacks that permit to vanish the two first components of the Brockett integrator in finite time, while ensuring the convergence of the last one. The considering feedbacks are continuous and discontinuous and regular outside zero.

Classification : 93D15, 93C10, 93D09
Mots clés : Brockett's integrator, discontinuous feedback law, finite-time partial stability, rational partial stability, robust control

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