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In this paper, we investigate the global controllability of a class of n-dimensional affine nonlinear systems with n – 1 controls and constant control matrix. A necessary and sufficient condition for its global controllability has been obtained by using the methods recently developed. Furthermore, we generalize the above result to a class of affine nonlinear systems with a block-triangular-like structure. Finally, we will give three examples to show the applications of our results.
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The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 50525721, 60221301, and 60334040, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No. 20060390470.
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Sun, Y., Mei, S. & Lu, Q. Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Global Controllability of a Class of Affine Nonlinear Systems. Jrl Syst Sci & Complex 20, 492–500 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-007-9046-x
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