Title :
A sufficient condition for local controllability of nonlinear systems along closed orbits
Author :
Nam, Kwanghee ; Arapostathis, Aristotle
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea
fDate :
3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A computable sufficient condition for determining local controllability of a differential nonlinear control system along a reference closed orbit is presented. Comparisons to other results on local controllability along a reference trajectory are made
Keywords :
controllability; nonlinear control systems; closed orbits; differential nonlinear control system; local controllability; sufficient condition; Control systems; Controllability; Extraterrestrial measurements; Military computing; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear systems; Orbits; Q measurement; Sufficient conditions; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
