ON THE STATE OBSERVATION AND OUTPUT-FEEDBACK PROBLEMS FOR NONLINEAR UNCERTAIN DYNAMIC-SYSTEMS

In this paper, we examine the problems of state observation and state trajectory control by output feedback for the class of non-linear systems in [3,11]. We begin by modifying a known discontinuous variable structure type observer into a continuous type observer that guarantees the observation error is Globally Exponentially Stable (GES). We then modify a known discontinuous variable structure type output feedback controller into continuous type output feedback controller that forces the state to the origin in the GES sense. Specific time-varying bounds on the observation error and the state trajectory are also developed; revealing how the corresponding observer or control parameters can be adjusted to improve the system performance.