On the robustness of periodic solutions in relay feedback systems

Structural robustness of limit cycles in relay feedback systems is studied. Motivated by a recent discovery of a novel class of bifurcations in these systems, it is illustrated through numerical simulation that small relay perturbations may change the appearance of closed orbits dramatically. It is shown analytically that certain stable periodic solutions in relay feedback systems are robust to relay perturbations.

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