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Analysis of continuous-time switching networks. (English) Zbl 0986.94051
An idealized class of continuous-time switching networks, called Glass networks, is studied. The existence and stability of periodic orbits for such networks are investigated by means of discrete maps. The nature of aperiodic behaviour in Glass networks is shown with a particular example as an illustration of the approach.

##### MSC:
 94C05 Analytic circuit theory 34C25 Periodic solutions of ODE 94C10 Switching theory, application of Boolean algebra; Boolean functions
##### Keywords:
switching networks; Glass networks; periodic orbits
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