Stability analysis by a nonlinear upper bound on the derivative of Lyapunov function

In this work, we give results for asymptotic stability of nonlinear time varying systems using Lyapunov-like Functions with indefinite derivative. We put a nonlinear upper bound for the derivation of the Lyapunov Function and relate the asymptotic stability conditions with the coefficients of the terms of this bound. We also present a useful expression for a commonly used integral and this connects the stability problem and Lyapunov Method with the convergency of a series generated by coefficients of upper bound. This generalizes many works in the literature. Numerical examples demonstrate the efficiency of the given approach. (c) 2020 European Control Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.