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We consider nonlinear control systems where the control and the state variables are submitted to explicit constraints. This paper has two objectives. First, for a class of nonlinear systems with constraints, an existence result of nontrivial admissible controls and some of their interesting properties are proved. Then, we investigate the problem of local controllability in a neighbourhood of an equilibrium point, while observing state and control constraints along the whole trajectory. An iterative procedure is also given, which allows one to compute the steering admissible control function. This procedure is illustrated with a classical example.

This paper studies the output controllability of discrete linear time invariant systems (LTI) with non-negative input constraints. Some geometrical arguments and positive invariance concepts are used to derive the necessary and/or sufficient conditions for the positive output controllability of discrete LTI systems. The paper also provides several academic examples, which support the theoretical results.