Input-to-State Stability and Averaging of Linear Fast Switching Systems

We consider the averaging method for stability of rapidly switching linear systems with disturbances. We show that the notions of strong and weak averages proposed, with partial strong average defined in this note, play an important role in the context of switched systems. Using these notions of average, we show that exponential input-to-state stability (ISS) of the strong and the partial strong average system with linear gain imply exponential ISS with linear gain of the actual system. Similarly, exponential ISS of the weak average guarantees an appropriate exponential derivative ISS (DISS) property for the actual system. Moreover, using the Lyapunov method, we show that linear ISS gains of the actual system and its average converge to each other as the switching rate is increased.