Title : 
Structure properties of min-max systems and existence of global cycle time
         
        
            Author : 
Zhao, Qianchuan ; Zheng, Da-Zhong ; Zhu, Xinping
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Autom., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Studies min-max systems which are dynamic systems including three operations (min, max, +) with unknown or stochastic parameters. Some sufficient conditions are given for the existence of global cycle times. Our results are based on structure properties of min-max systems
         
        
            Keywords : 
discrete time systems; grammars; stochastic systems; synchronisation; dynamic systems; global cycle time; min-max systems; structure properties; sufficient conditions; Differential equations; Discrete event systems; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Filtering; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear filters; Riccati equations; Stochastic systems; Sufficient conditions; Timing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on