A NOTE ON ROBUST STABILIZATION OF FEEDBACK LINEARIZABLE SYSTEMS

The problem of robust stabilization of nonlinear systems with feedback linearizable nominal part and norm-bounded nonlinear uncertainties is investigated. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for robust stabilization of such systems. A design procedure is developed which combines feedback linearization technique and quadratic stabilization via linear feedback to achieve robust global asymptotic stability. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.