IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.51, No.7, 1130-1143, 2006
Systems with counterclockwise input-output dynamics
A new input-output property is proposed, suitable for the study of positive feedback interconnections both in a linear and nonlinear set-up. Convergence results and small-gain theorems are proved as well as criteria for the application of the property to the study of multistability. Lyapunov-like conditions and dissipation inequalities for its detection are also provided.