A Contraction Theory Approach to Stochastic Incremental Stability

We investigate the incremental stability properties of Ito stochastic dynamical systems. Specifically, we derive a stochastic version of nonlinear contraction theory that provides a bound on the mean square distance between any two trajectories of a stochastically contracting system. This bound can...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on automatic control 2009-04, Vol.54 (4), p.816-820
Hauptverfasser: Quang-Cuong Pham, Tabareau, N., Slotine, J.-J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We investigate the incremental stability properties of Ito stochastic dynamical systems. Specifically, we derive a stochastic version of nonlinear contraction theory that provides a bound on the mean square distance between any two trajectories of a stochastically contracting system. This bound can be expressed as a function of the noise intensity and the contraction rate of the noise-free system. We illustrate these results in the contexts of nonlinear observers design and stochastic synchronization.
ISSN:0018-9286
1558-2523
DOI:10.1109/TAC.2008.2009619