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Theoretical foundations for traditional and generalized sensitivity functions for nonlinear delay differential equations

2013; Arizona State University; Volume: 10; Issue: 5/6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3934/mbe.2013.10.1301

ISSN

1551-0018

Autores

Karyn L. Sutton, Danielle Robbins, H. T. Banks,

Tópico(s)

Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations

Resumo

In this paper we present new results for differentiability of delay systems with respect to initial conditions and delays. After motivating our results with a wide range of delay examples arising in biology applications, we further note the need for sensitivity functions (both traditional and generalized sensitivity functions), especially in control and estimation problems. We summarize general existence and uniqueness results before turning to our main results on differentiation with respect to delays, etc. Finally we discuss use of our results in the context of estimation problems.

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