On Input-to-State Stability of Impulsive Systems

Abstract

This paper introduces appropriate concepts of input-to-state stability (ISS) and integral-ISS for systems with impulsive effects. We provide a set of Lyapunov-based sufficient conditions to establish these properties. When the continuous dynamics are stabilizing but the impulsive effects are destabilizing, the impulses should not occur too frequently, which can be formalized in terms of an average dwell-time condition. Conversely, when the impulses are stabilizing and the continuous dynamics are destabilizing, there must not be overly long intervals between impulses, which is formalized in terms of a reverse average dwell-time condition. We also investigate limiting cases of systems that remain stable for arbitrarily small/large average dwell-times.