
Securing the Control of Euler–Lagrange Systems ◾ 363
(13.16)
where ||s|| <
δ
for t > k
2
τ. Note that Equation 13.16 can be regarded as a linear
system with x
1
as state and s as input. Clearly, the system (13.16) is bound-input-
bounded-output since its system matrix has all eigenvalues strictly on the left-half-
plane. erefore, x
1
is bounded ultimately as the input s is bounded. To analyze
the bound on x
1
in quantity, we construct the measurement
e time
derivative of V is
Vxxkxx xs
kx xxsk
s
TTT
TT
==−+
=− +≤−+
222
2222
11 11 1
11
|| || || ||
==− +≤−+
∀>
22 22
2
kV Vs kV V
tk
|| || δ
τ
(13.17)
Defining
= , the differential inequalit