A family of interconnected nonlinear systems including partially linear sys
tems is studied. No assumption on the stability of each uncontrolled subsys
tem is imposed but asymptotic stabilizability for each of them is assumed.
The objective of this work is the state feedback stabilization of the origi
n of such composite systems. Local and global results are derived using sim
ple techniques such as coordinate and feedback transformations. (C) 1998 El
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