Title :
Global controllability for a class of bilinear systems
Author :
Wei, K.C. ; Pearson, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT, USA
fDate :
6/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Using fixed-point arguments, sufficient conditions are derived for global controllability of a nonhomogeneous bilinear system and a related class of nonlinear systems. It is shown that certain boundedness assumptions can be removed relative to previous results.
Keywords :
Bilinear systems, continuous-time; Controllability; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Controllability; Differential equations; Motion control; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear systems; Stability; Sufficient conditions; Symmetric matrices;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1978.1101759
