Title :
Mechanisms for the stability and instability in feedback systems
Author_Institution :
University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
An exposition of the concepts and of the results in feedback system stability is given. Both the input/output approach and the Lyapunov approach are considered, and it is shown how these may be viewed and unified in the context of dissipative systems.
Keywords :
Contacts; Feedback; Lyapunov method; Network synthesis; Optical fiber theory; Optimal control; Physics; Stability; State-space methods; Thermodynamics;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1976.10064
