Delay‐dependent robust stability and stabilization for uncertain discrete singular systems with delays

The robust stability and robust stabilization for time‐delay discrete singular systems with parameter uncertainties is discussed. A delay‐dependent linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition for the time‐delay discrete systems to be nonsingular and stable is given. Based on this condition and the restricted system equivalent transformation, the delay‐dependent LMI condition is proposed for the time‐delay discrete singular systems to be admissible. With this condition, the problems of robust stability and robust stabilization are solved, and the delay‐dependent LMI conditions are obtained. Numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of the method given in the paper. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

A NEW DESIGN APPROACH TO DELAY‐DEPENDENT ROBUST H∞ CONTROL FOR UNCERTAIN TIME‐DELAY SYSTEMS

A new design approach to delay‐dependent robust stabilization and robust H∞ control for a class of uncertain time‐delay systems is provided in this paper. The sufficient conditions for delay‐dependent robust stabilization and robust H∞ control are derived based on a new state transformation and given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMI). Numerical examples are presented to show that the proposed results can be less conservative and can be used to deal with not only small but also large delay systems.     

LMI OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR DELAY‐DEPENDENT H∞ CONTROL OF TIME‐VARYING DELAY SYSTEMS

In this paper, the robust delay‐dependent H_∞ control for a class of uncertain systems with time‐varying delay is considered. An improved state feedback H_∞ control is proposed to minimize the H_∞‐norm bound via the LMI optimization approach. Based on the proposed result, delay‐dependent criteria are obtained without using the model transformation technique or bounded inequalities on cross product terms. The linear matrix inequality (LMI) optimization approach is used to design the robust H_∞ state feedback control. Some numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the approach.     

New results on delay‐dependent stability analysis and stabilization for stochastic time‐delay systems

This paper investigates the problems of stability analysis and stabilization for stochastic time‐delay systems. Firstly, this paper uses the martingale theory to investigate expectations of stochastic cross terms containing the Itô integral. On the basis of this, an improved delay‐dependent stability criterion is derived for stochastic delay systems. In the derivation process, the mathematical development avoids bounding stochastic cross terms, and neither model transformation method nor free‐weighting‐matrix method is used. Thus, the method leads to a simple criterion and shows less conservatism. Secondly, on the basis of this stability result, this paper further proposes a state‐feedback controller that exponentially stabilizes the stochastic delay system by a strict LMI. Therefore, unlike previous results, it is not necessary to transform the nonlinear matrix inequalities into LMIs by the cone complementarity linearization method or parameter‐tuning method, which always yield a suboptimal solution. Finally, examples are provided to demonstrate the reduced conservatism of the proposed conditions.Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Delay‐Dependent Approach to Robust Fast Adaptive Fault Estimation Design for Uncertain Neutral Systems with Time‐Varying Interval Delay

This paper studies the problem of robust fault estimation for neutral systems, which are subjected to uncertainties, actuator fault, time‐varying interval delay, and norm‐bounded external disturbance. Based on the fast adaptive fault estimation (FAFE) algorithm, we focus on the design of a fault estimation filter that guarantees stability in the filtering error system with a prescribed H_∞ performance. A novel Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional is employed, which includes time delay information. A delay‐dependent criterion of robust fault estimation design is obtained by employing the free‐weighting matrices technique, and the proposed result has advantages over some existing results, in that it is less conservative and it enlarges the application scope. An improved sufficient condition for the existence of such a filter is proposed in terms of the linear matrix inequality (LMI) by the Schur complements and the cone complementary linearization algorithm. Finally, illustrative examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

A New Delay‐Dependent Stability Criterion For Neutral Delay‐Differential Systems

This paper investigates the problem of asymptotic stability for neutral delay‐differential systems. Using the Lyapunov method, we derive a new delay‐dependent sufficient condition for the stability of systems in terms of the linear matrix inequality (LMI). Numerical examples show that the results obtained in this paper significantly improve the estimate of stability limit over some existing results reported previously in the literature.     

Delay‐dependent robust stability for stochastic time‐delay systems with polytopic uncertainties

This paper considers a delay‐dependent and parameter‐dependent robust stability criterion for stochastic time‐delay systems with polytopic uncertainties. The delay‐dependent robust stability criterion, as expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), is obtained by using parameter‐dependent Lyapunov functions. It is shown that the result derived by a parameter‐dependent Lyapunov functional is less conservative. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Delay‐dependent robust stability analysis for switched time‐delay systems with polytopic uncertainties

In this paper, sufficient conditions are provided for the stability of switched retarded and neutral time‐delay systems with polytopic‐type uncertainties. It is assumed that the delay in the system dynamics is time‐varying and bounded. Parameter‐dependent Lyapunov functionals are employed to obtain criteria for the exponential stability of the system in the form of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Free‐weighting matrices are then provided to express the relationship between the system variables and the terms in the Leibniz–Newton formula. Numerical examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the results. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust stability of nonlinear time‐delay systems with interval time‐varying delay

This paper deals with the problem of obtaining delay‐dependent stability conditions and L₂‐gain analysis for a class of nonlinear time‐delay systems with norm‐bounded and possibly time‐varying uncertainties. No restrictions on the derivative of the time‐varying delay are imposed, though lower and upper bounds of the delay interval are assumed to be known. A Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional approach is proposed to derive novel delay‐dependent stability conditions which are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). To reduce conservatism, the work exploits the idea of splitting the delay interval in multiple regions, so that specific conditions can be imposed to a unique functional in the different regions. This improves the computed bounds for certain delay‐dependent integral terms, providing less conservative LMI conditions. Examples are provided to demonstrate the reduced conservatism with respect to the available results in the literature. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reliable control for a class of uncertain singular systems with interval time‐varying delay

This paper is concerned with the reliable controller design problem for a class of singular systems with interval time‐varying delay and norm‐bounded uncertainties. A more practical model of actuator failures than outages is considered. First, by constructing a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional combined with Finsler's Lemma, an improved delay‐range‐dependent stability criterion for the nominal unforced singular time‐delay system is established in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Then, based on this criterion, an LMI condition for the design of a reliable state feedback controller is presented such that, for all parameter uncertainties and actuator failures, the resultant closed‐loop system is regular, impulse‐free and stable. Numerical examples are proposed to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

STABILITY ANALYSIS OF UNCERTAIN DISCRETE‐TIME SYSTEMS WITH TIME‐VARYING STATE DELAY: A PARAMETER‐DEPENDENT LYAPUNOV FUNCTION APPROACH

This paper presents several new robust stability conditions for linear discrete‐time systems with polytopic parameter uncertainties and time‐varying delay in the state. These stability criteria, derived by defining parameter‐dependent Lyapunov functions, are not only dependent on the maximum and minimum delay bounds, but also dependent on uncertain parameters in the sense that different Lyapunov functions are used for the entire uncertainty domain. It is established, theoretically, that these robust stability criteria for the nominal and constant‐delay case encompass some existing result as their special case. The delay‐dependent and parameter‐dependent nature of these results guarantees the proposed robust stability criteria to be potentially less conservative.     

A new delay‐dependent stability criterion for time‐delay systems

This paper is concerned with the problem of stability of time‐delay systems. A new type of augmented Lyapunov functional is proposed. By introducing some free‐weighting matrices and using the parameterized model transformation method, a new delay‐dependent stability condition is obtained in terms of a linear matrix inequality (LMI). Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

IMPROVED CONDITIONS FOR DELAY‐DEPENDENT ROBUST STABILITY AND STABILIZATION OF UNCERTAIN DISCRETE TIME‐DELAY SYSTEMS

This paper provides improved delay‐dependent conditions for the robust stability and robust stabilization of discrete time‐delay systems with norm‐bounded parameter uncertainties. It is theoretically established that the proposed conditions are less conservative than those discussed in the literature. The new approach proposed in this paper in a derivation of delay‐dependent conditions and involves the use of neither model transformation nor bounding techniques for some cross terms. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the reduced conservatism of the proposed conditions.     

Delay‐dependent robust control for singular discrete‐time Markovian jump systems with time‐varying delay

The problem of delay‐dependent robust stabilization for uncertain singular discrete‐time systems with Markovian jumping parameters and time‐varying delay is investigated. In terms of free‐weighting‐matrix approach and linear matrix inequalities, a delay‐dependent condition is presented to ensure a singular discrete‐time system to be regular, causal and stochastically stable based on which the stability analysis and robust stabilization problem are studied. An explicit expression for the desired state‐feedback controller is also given. Some numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Delay‐distribution‐dependent robust stability of uncertain systems with time‐varying delay

By employing the information of the probability distribution of the time delay, this paper investigates the problem of robust stability for uncertain systems with time‐varying delay satisfying some probabilistic properties. Different from the common assumptions on the time delay in the existing literatures, it is assumed in this paper that the delay is random and its probability distribution is known a priori. In terms of the probability distribution of the delay, a new type of system model with stochastic parameter matrices is proposed. Based on the new system model, sufficient conditions for the exponential mean square stability of the original system are derived by using the Lyapunov functional method and the linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique. The derived criteria, which are expressed in terms of a set of LMIs, are delay‐distribution‐dependent, that is, the solvability of the criteria depends on not only the variation range of the delay but also the probability distribution of it. Finally, three numerical examples are given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Improved robust stability criteria for uncertain systems with time‐varying delay

This paper is concerned with the delay‐dependent stability and robust stability for uncertain systems with time‐varying delay. Through constructing an appropriate type of Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional and proving its positive definiteness, using slack matrices and a convex combination condition, the delay‐dependent stability criteria, which are less conservative, are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Numerical examples are also given to illustrate the improvement on the conservatism of the delay bound over some existing results. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

AN LMI APPROACH TO ROBUST STABILITY OF UNCERTAIN DISCRETE SINGULAR TIME‐DELAY SYSTEMS

The problem of robust stability analysis for uncertain discrete singular time‐delay systems is investigated in this paper. By decomposing the nominal system into slow and fast subsystems, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition is proposed for a discrete singular time‐delay system to be regular, causal and stable. Based on this, an LMI criterion is obtained for robust stability of an uncertain discrete singular time‐delay system. Two numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.     

Improved robust stability criteria for uncertain linear neutral‐type systems via novel Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional

The stability problem for the uncertain time‐varying delayed neutral‐type system is concerned in this paper. By introducing a novel Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional (LKF) related to a delay‐product‐type function and two delay‐dependent matrices, some new delay‐dependent robust stability sufficient conditions are derived, which are based on convex linear matrix inequality (LMI) framework. The sufficient conditions in this paper can reduce the conservativeness of some recent previous ones. In the end, some numerical examples, including a linear neutral‐type system, the partial element equivalent circuit and a general linear system, show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

An analysis of the exponential stability of linear stochastic neutral delay systems

This paper is concerned with the analysis of the mean square exponential stability and the almost sure exponential stability of linear stochastic neutral delay systems. A general stability result on the mean square and almost sure exponential stability of such systems is established. Based on this stability result, the delay partitioning technique is adopted to obtain a delay‐dependent stability condition in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). In obtaining these LMIs, some basic rules of the Ito calculus are also utilized to introduce slack matrices so as to further reduce conservatism. Some numerical examples borrowed from the literature are used to show that, as the number of the partitioning intervals increases, the allowable delay determined by the proposed LMI condition approaches h_max, the maximal allowable delay for the stability of the considered system, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed stability analysis. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

DELAY‐DEPENDENT ROBUST CONTROL OF DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS WITH TIME DELAY

This paper deals with the problem of stability and robust control for both certain and uncertain continuous‐time singular systems with state delay. Systems with norm‐bounded parameter uncertainties are considered. Robust delay‐dependent stability criteria and linear memoryless state feedback controllers based on linear matrix inequality are obtained. By choosing some Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functionals, neither model transformation nor bounding for cross terms is required in the derivation of our delay‐dependent results. Finally, numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.