A superposition approach for the ISS Lyapunov-Krasovskii theorem with pointwise dissipation

Abstract

We show that the existence of a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) with pointwise dissipation (i.e. dissipation in terms of the current solution norm) suffices for input-to-state stability, provided that uniform global stability can also be ensured using the same LKF. To this end, we develop a stability theory, in which the behavior of solutions is not assessed through the classical norm but rather through a specific LKF, which may provide significantly tighter estimates. We discuss the advantages of our approach by means of an example.