Title : 
Convergent systems
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
8/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
An equivalent relationship has been established between the problems of convergence or zero-input convergence of nonlinear systems and the problem of zero-input convergence of linear systems. A special feature is that the formulation of the problem and the analysis are done directly on a component-connection model instead of the usual input-output state model. As a consequence, the results obtained can be easily interpreted in terms of given practical systems.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Linear systems; Nonlinear systems; Automatic control; Circuits and systems; Control systems; Convergence; Differential equations; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear systems; Optimal control; Weight control;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAC.1968.1098942