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Abstract-This paper focuses on semistability and finite-time stability analysis and synthesis of systems having a continuum of equilibria. Semistability is the property whereby the solutions of a dynamical system converge to Lyapunov stable equilibrium points determined by the system initial conditions. In this paper, we merge the theories of semistability and finite-time stability to develop a rigorous framework for finite-time semistability. In particular, finite-time semistability for a continuum of equilibria of continuous autonomous systems is established. Continuity of the settling-time function as well as Lyapunov and converse Lyapunov theorems for semistability are also developed. In addition, necessary and sufficient conditions for finite-time semistability of homogeneous systems are addressed by exploiting the fact that a homogeneous system is finite-time semistable if and only if it is semistable and has a negative degree of homogeneity. Unlike previous work on homogeneous systems, our results involve homogeneity with respect to semistable dynamics, and require us to adopt a geometric description of homogeneity. Finally, we use these results to develop a general framework for designing semistable protocols in dynamical networks for achieving coordination tasks in finite time.

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This technical note focuses on finite-time rendezvous problems which refer to agreement on states in finite time within certain available information range. Using semistability theory for discontinuous dynamical systems, we develop a framework for designing finite-time semistable rendezvous protocols for multiagent dynamical systems. Specifically, we present distributed nonsmooth static state and dynamic output feedback controller architectures for finite-time rendezvous with a novel two-step proof of stability and finite-time convergence.

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