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Additive Networks of Chen-Fliess Series: Local Convergence and Relative Degree

Systems and Control 2021-04-20 v1 Systems and Control

Abstract

Given an additive network of input-output systems where each node of the network is modeled by a locally convergent Chen-Fliess series, two basic properties of the network are established. First, it is shown that every input-output map between a given pair of nodes has a locally convergent Chen-Fliess series representation. Second, sufficient conditions are given under which the input-output map between a pair of nodes has a well defined relative degree as defined by its generating series. This analysis leads to the conclusion that this relative degree property is generic in a certain sense.

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@article{arxiv.2104.08950,
  title  = {Additive Networks of Chen-Fliess Series: Local Convergence and Relative Degree},
  author = {W. Steven Gray and Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa and Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.08950},
  year   = {2021}
}