“…Finite-time stability [1] has been extensively studied for the finitetime control of discrete-time (DT) systems [2]- [4] and continuoustime (CT) systems [5]- [7], as well as finite-time identification [8]- [16]. In the finite-time stability, however, the settling (i.e., convergence) time, depends on the system's initial condition, and, thus, cannot be specified a priori.…”