Finite-time stability and asynchronously switching control for a class of time-varying switched nonlinear systems

Abstract

Finite-time stability and stabilization for switched nonlinear systems has been investigated in the paper. Based on existing works, we find that related results on autonomous switched nonlinear systems cannot be simply extended to non-autonomous systems. A sufficient condition has been proposed for this class of systems using the average dwell time method. Specifically, a control Lyapunov function approach is employed to stabilize the system and the finite-time controller is designed using a small control property. In contrast to autonomous switched systems, a finite-time stabilizer is constructed for time-varying switched nonlinear systems, even under the situation in which the switching mode is different between the system and the controller. Furthermore, the relation between the settling time and the average dwell time has been revealed. Finally, an example case is presented for the obtained result.