Exponential stabilization of driftless nonlinear control systems via time-varying, homogeneous feedback

This paper brings together results from a number of different areas in control theory to provide an algorithm for the synthesis of locally exponentially stabilizing control laws for a large class of driftless nonlinear control systems. The stability is defined with respect to a nonstandard dilation and is termed "/spl delta/-exponential" stability. The /spl delta/-exponential stabilization relies on the use of feedbacks which render the closed loop vector field homogeneous with respect to a dilation. These feedbacks are generated from a modification of Pomet's algorithm (1992) for smooth feedbacks. Converse Lyapunov theorems for time-periodic homogeneous vector fields guarantee that local exponential stability is maintained in the presence of higher order (with respect to the dilation) perturbing terms.<<ETX>>

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