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Title: Robust Stability of Hybrid Limit Cycles With Multiple Jumps in Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Award ID(s):
1710621
NSF-PAR ID:
10179723
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE transactions on automatic control
Volume:
63
ISSN:
2334-3303
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1220-1226
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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