Feedback limitations of nonlinear systems are investigated using the cheap control approach. The main result is that in the limit, when the control effort is free, the smallest achievable L₂ norm of the output is equal to the least amount of control energy (L₂ norm) needed to stabilize the unstable zero dynamics. This nonlinear result is structurally similar to an earlier linear result by Qiu and Davison (1993), which, in turn, is connected with a Bode-type integral derived by Middleton (1991).
History
Journal title
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pagination
829-833
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)