Brief Cyclic linear differential automata: a simple class of hybrid dynamical systems

  • Authors:
  • Andrey V. Savkin;Alexey S. Matveev

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia;Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

We introduce a special class of hybrid dynamical systems: cyclic linear differential automata (CLDA). We show that any CLDA can be reduced to a linear discrete-time system with periodic coefficients. Any CLDA has no equilibrium points. Therefore, the simplest attractor in such system is a periodic trajectory. We call a CLDA globally stable if it has a periodic trajectory which attracts all other trajectories of the system. A necessary and sufficient condition for global stability of CLDA is given. We apply our result to prove global stability of a flexible manufacturing system modelled as a switched server system.