NonlinearBook10pt November 20, 2007
ROBUST NONLINEAR CONTROL 713
H(x, φ(x)) = 0, x ∈ D, (11.305)
H(x, u) ≥ 0, x ∈ D, u ∈ U, (11.306)
where σ
0
(·) ∈ M is a given nominal input nonlinearity and
H(x, u) , L(x, u) + V
′
(x)F (x, σ
0
(u)) + Γ(x, u). (11.307)
Show that, with the feedback control u(·) = φ(x(·)), there exists a
neighborhood D
0
⊆ D of the origin such that if x
0
∈ D
0
, the zero solution
x(t) ≡ 0 of the closed-loop system
˙x(t) = F (x(t), σ(φ(x(t)))), x(0) = x
0
, t ≥ 0, (11.308)
is locally asymptotically stable for all σ(
.
) ∈ M. Furthermore, show that
sup
σ(·)∈M
J(x
0
, φ(x(·))) ≤ J(x
0
, φ(x(·))) = V (x
0
), (11.309)
where
J(x
0
, u(·))
△
=
Z
∞
0
[L(x(t), u(t)) + Γ(x(t), u(t))]dt, (11.310)
and where u(·) is admissible and x(t), t ≥ 0, solves (11.298) with σ(u(t)) =
σ
0
(u(t)). In addition, if x
0
∈ D
0
then show that the feedback control u(·) =
φ(x(·)) minimizes J(x
0
, u(·)) in the sense th at
J(x
0
, φ(x(·))) = min
u(·)∈S(x
0
)
J(x
0
, u(·)), (11.311)
where
S(x
0
)
△
= {u(·) : u(·) is admissible and x(·) given by (11.298)
satisfies x(t) → 0 as t → ∞ with σ(·) = σ
0
(·)}.
Finally, if D = R
n
, U = R
m
, and
V (x) → ∞ as kxk → ∞,
show that the solution x(t) = 0, t ≥ 0, of the closed-loop system (11.308) is
globally asymptotically stable.
Problem 11.32. Consider the controlled nonlinear dynamical system
˙x(t) = f (x(t)) + G(x(t))σ(u(t)), x(0) = x
0
, t ≥ 0, (11.312)
where f : R
n
→ R
n
satisfies f (0) = 0, G : R
n
→ R
n×m
, D = R
n
, and
σ(·) ∈ M
△
= {σ : R
m
→ R
m
: σ(0) = 0,
[σ(u) −M
1
u]
T
[σ(u) −M
2
u] ≤ 0, u ∈ R
m
}, (11.313)
where M
1
, M
2
∈ R
m×m
are given diagonal matrices such that M
△
= M
2
−M
1
is positive definite, and u(t) ∈ R
m
for all t ≥ 0. Furthermore, consider the