Abstract:
We analyze under which conditions linear time-invariant state space
systems can be stabilized by static linear state feedback such that
prescribed transient bounds hold pointwise in time for the
trajectories of the closed loop system.
We introduce the concepts of $(M,\beta)$-stability and quadratic
$(M,\beta)$-stability which guarantee a transient bound $M$ along
with a decay rate $\beta <0.$ Necessary and sufficient
conditions for quadratic $(M,\beta)$-stabilizability are derived
which can be expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A
full characterization of general $(M,\beta)$-stabilizability is
still missing. However, we obtain necessary and sufficient criteria
under which a given system can be transformed by linear state
feedback into a closed loop system generating a strict contraction
semigroup with respect to the spectral norm.