Lyapunov measure for almost everywhere stability

Umesh Vaidya, Prashant G. Mehta

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the analysis and computational methods for verifying global stability of an attractor set of a nonlinear dynamical system. Based upon a stochastic representation of deterministic dynamics, a Lyapunov measure is proposed for these purposes. This measure is shown to be a stochastic counterpart of stability (transience) just as an invariant measure is a counterpart of the attractor (recurrence). It is a dual of the Lyapunov function and is useful for the study of more general (weaker and set-wise) notions of stability. In addition to the theoretical framework, constructive methods for computing approximations to the Lyapunov measures are presented. These methods are based upon set-oriented numerical approaches. Several equivalent descriptions, including a series formula and a system of linear inequalities, are provided for computational purposes. These descriptions allow one to carry over the intuition from the linear case with stable equilibrium to nonlinear systems with globally stable attractor sets. Finally, in certain cases, the exact relationship between Lyapunov functions and Lyapunov measures is also given.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)307-323
Number of pages17
JournalIEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume53
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2008

Keywords

  • Almost everywhere stability
  • Stability theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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