Abstract: | The uncertain system $x_{n + 1} = A_n x_n , n = 0,1,2, \ldots ,$ is considered, where the coefficients a ij ( n) of the m× m matrix A n are functionals of any nature subject to the constraints $\begin{array}{*{20}c} {\left| {a_{i,i} (n)} \right| \leqslant \alpha _ * < 1,} \\ {\left| {a_{i,j} (n)} \right| \leqslant \alpha _0 for j \geqslant i + 1,} \\ {\left| {a_{i,j} (n)} \right| \leqslant \delta for j < i.} \\ \end{array} $ Such systems include, in particular, switched-type systems, whose matrix A can take values in a given finite set.By using a special Lyapunov function, a bound δ ≤ δ(α0,α*) ensuring the global asymptotic stability of the system is found. In particular, the system is stable if the last inequality is replaced by a i,j (n) = 0 for j < i.It is shown that pulse-width modulated systems reduce to the uncertain systems under consideration; moreover, in the case of a pulse-width modulation of the first kind, the coefficients of the matrix A are functions of x(n), and in the case of a modulation of the second kind, they are functionals. |