DISSIPATIVE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS IN A BEHAVIORAL CONTEXT

Various conceptual definitions of dissipativeness of time invariant dynamical systems are introduced. A formal distinction is made between external and internal dissipativeness and it is shown that, under certain conditions, these notions are equivalent. A characterization of the class of internal storage functions associated with a dissipative system is given. The results are applied to the class of finite-dimensional linear time invariant systems. Necessary and sufficient conditions for dissipativeness of systems in this class are derived and the relation to LQ-theory is discussed.