In this article, we study necessary and sufficient conditions for contraction incremental stability of dynamical systems with respect to non-Euclidean norms. First, introduce weak pairings as a framework contractivity arbitrary norms, characterize their properties. We the sign max <tex-math...

The design of robust orbitally stabilizing feedback is considered. From a known controller for nominal, disturbance-free system, robustifying extension designed utilizing the sliding-mode control (SMC) methodology. main contribution paper to provide constructive procedure designing time-invariant switching function used in SMC synthesis. More specifically, its zero-level set (the sliding manifo...

Recognition problems in computer vision often benefit from 5 5 a fusion of different algorithms and/or sensors, with score level fusion be6 6 ing among the most widely used fusion approaches. Score level fusion re7 7 quires the different data to be normalized before combining. Choosing an 8 8 appropriate score normalization technique before fusion is a fundamen9 9 tally difficult problem becaus...

Natural vibration analysis of plates represents an important issue in engineering applications. In this paper, a new and simplify method for vibration analysis of circular and rectangular plates is presented. The design of an effective robust controller, which consistently attenuates transverse vibration of the plate caused by an external disturbance force, is given. The dynamics of the plate i...