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Absolute exponential stability problem of delay time-varying systems (DTVS) with sector-bounded nonlinearity is presented in this paper. By using the comparison principle and properties of positive systems we derive several novel criteria…
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A class of nonlinear control-affine systems with bounded time-varying drift is considered. It is assumed that the control vector fields together with their iterated Lie brackets satisfy Hormander's condition in a neighborhood of the origin.…
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In the article$^a$, the authors introduced a time-varying Lyapunov function for the stability analysis of nonlinear systems whose motion is governed by standard Newton-Euler equations. The authors established asymptotic stability with the…
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