H-infinity control for cascade minimum-phase switched nonlinear systems

This paper is concerned wi th the H-infinity control problem for a class of cascade switched nonlinear systems.Each switched syste m in this class is composed of a zero-input asymptotically stable nonlinear part,which is also a switched system,and a linearizable part which i s controllable.Conditions under which the H-infinity con trol problem is solvable under arbitrary switching l aw and under some designed switching law are der ived respectively.The nonlinear state feedback and s witching law are designed.We exploit the structural characteristics of the switched nonlinear systems t o construct common Lyapunov functions for arbitrary switching and to find a single Lyapunov function for designed switching law.The proposed methods do not rely on the solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi in equalities.