Control-Lyapunov functions

The main objective of control is to modify the behavior of a dynamical system, typically with the purpose of regulating certain variables or of tracking desired signals. Often, either stability of the closed-loop system is an explicit requirement, or else the problem can be recast in a form that involves stabilization (e.g., of an error signal). For linear systems, the associated problems can now be treated fairly satisfactorily, but in the nonlinear case the area is still far from being settled. Both of the late 1980s reports [9] and [18], with dealt with challenges and future directions for research in control theory, identified the problem of stabilization of finite-dimensional deterministic systems as one of the most important open problems in nonlinear control. We discuss some questions in this area.

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