LMI-Based Stability Analysis for Piecewise Multi-affine Systems

This paper provides a computational method to study the asymptotic stability of piecewise multi-affine (PMA) systems. Such systems stem from a class of fuzzy systems with singleton consequents and can be used to approximate any smooth nonlinear system with arbitrary accuracy. Based on the choice of piecewise Lyapunov functions, stability conditions are expressed as a feasibility test of a convex optimization with linear matrix inequality constraints. The basic idea behind these conditions is to exploit the parametric expressions of PMA systems by means of Finsler's lemma. Numerical examples are given to point out the effectiveness of the proposed method.