Stability properties of equilibria of classes of cooperative systems

Abstract

This note deals with the constant control problem for homogeneous cooperative and irreducible systems. These systems serve as models for positive systems. A necessary and sufficient condition for global asymptotic stability of the zero solution of this class of systems is known. Adding a constant control allows to shift the equilibrium point from zero to a point in the first orthant. We prove that for every nontrivial nonnegative control vector a unique nontrivial equilibrium point is achieved which is globally asymptotically stable if the zero solution of the uncontrolled system is globally asymptotically stable. In addition a converse result is provided. Finally a stability result for a particular class of Kolmogorov systems is established. We compare our main results to those in the literature.