Technical communique: Finite-time stability theorem of stochastic nonlinear systems

  • Authors:
  • Weisheng Chen;L. C. Jiao

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Applied Mathematics, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, PR China and Key Laboratory of Intelligent Perception and Image Understanding of Ministry of Education of China, Institute of I ...;Key Laboratory of Intelligent Perception and Image Understanding of Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Intelligent Information Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, PR China

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 2010

Quantified Score

Hi-index 22.15

Visualization

Abstract

A new concept of finite-time stability, called stochastically finite-time attractiveness, is defined for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems described by the Ito differential equation. The settling time function is a stochastic variable and its expectation is finite. A theorem and a corollary are given to verify the finite-time attractiveness of stochastic systems based on Lyapunov functions. Two simulation examples are provided to illustrate the applications of the theorem and the corollary established in this paper.