A general formula for the stabilization of event-based controlled systems

Abstract

In this paper, a universal formula is proposed for event-based stabilization of general nonlinear systems affine in the control. The feedback is derived from the original one proposed by Sontag. Under the assumption of the existence of a smooth Control Lyapunov Function, it enables smooth (except at the origin) global asymptotic stabilization of the origin while ensuring that the sampling interval do not contract to zero. Indeed, for any initial condition within any given closed set the minimal sampling interval is proved to be strictly positive. Under homogeneity assumptions the control can be proved to be smooth anywhere and the sampling intervals bounded below for any initial condition.