Sufficient Conditions for Exact Convergence Time in Prescribed-Time Control
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a series of theoretical results for prescribed-time control to rigorously prove that the closed-loop system will not reach the equilibrium point before the prescribed time. Thus, it is convenient to prove that the settling time is exactly equal to the prescribed time instant. In other words, conservative estimation of the settling time, which often accompanies classical finite-/fixed-time or prescribed-time control results, is theoretically avoided in this paper. Specifically, we introduce a local Lipschitz condition, a local homogeneous linear-growth condition, and an Osgood condition in sequence. Both reduction to absurdity and the Lyapunov method are applied to demonstrate that the system cannot converge to zero before the prescribed time instant. Finally, the proposed framework is applied to prescribed-time controllers based on adaptive backstepping, parametric Lyapunov equations, and distributed leader-following consensus, demonstrating the generality of the proposed results.
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BibTeX
@misc{kuang2026sufficient,
title = {{Sufficient Conditions for Exact Convergence Time in Prescribed-Time Control}},
author = {Jiyuan Kuang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.30147},
eprint = {2610.30147},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30147},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Sufficient Conditions for Exact Convergence Time in Prescribed-Time Control
AU - Jiyuan Kuang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.30147
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30147
AB - In this paper, we propose a series of theoretical results for prescribed-time control to rigorously prove that the closed-loop system will not reach the equilibrium point before the prescribed time. Thus, it is convenient to prove that the settling time is exactly equal to the prescribed time instant. In other words, conservative estimation of the settling time, which often accompanies classical finite-/fixed-time or prescribed-time control results, is theoretically avoided in this paper. Specifically, we introduce a local Lipschitz condition, a local homogeneous linear-growth condition, and an Osgood condition in sequence. Both reduction to absurdity and the Lyapunov method are applied to demonstrate that the system cannot converge to zero before the prescribed time instant. Finally, the proposed framework is applied to prescribed-time controllers based on adaptive backstepping, parametric Lyapunov equations, and distributed leader-following consensus, demonstrating the generality of the proposed results.
ER -