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    Area of Science:

    • Control Theory
    • Systems Engineering
    • Nonlinear Dynamics

    Background:

    • Lyapunov stability defines attraction regions as simple, bounded balls.
    • Existing methods struggle with complex system dynamics and boundary conditions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • Introduce the concept of substability for Lyapunov exponential stability.
    • Develop a substabilizing controller for subfully actuated systems.
    • Define and utilize the region of exponential attraction (ROEA).

    Main Methods:

    • Defined the singular set for subfully actuated systems (sub-FAS).
    • Designed a substabilizing controller to achieve a linear closed-loop system.
    • Established the region of exponential attraction (ROEA) for initial states.

    Main Results:

    • Substability allows 'gaps' and 'holes' in the region of attraction.
    • The controller ensures exponential convergence to the origin for states within the ROEA.
    • The closed-loop system has an arbitrarily assignable eigen-polynomial.

    Conclusions:

    • Substabilization offers practical advantages for controlling complex systems.
    • The ROEA is often sufficiently large for real-world applications.
    • Substabilization provides a foundation for designing Lyapunov asymptotically stabilizing controllers.