On robust stability of neutral systems with time-varying discrete delay and norm-bounded uncertainty

This paper investigates the robust stability of uncertain linear neutral systems with time-varying discrete delay. A delay-dependent stability criterion is obtained and formulated in the form of a linear matrix inequality. Two numerical examples are given to indicate significant improvements over some existing results.     

A delay-dependent passivity criterion of linear neutral delay systems

The problem of delay-dependent stability and passivity for linear neutral systems is discussed. By constructing a novel type Lyapunov-krasovskii functional, a new delay-dependent passivity criterion is presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）. Model transformation, bounding for cross terms and selecting free weighting matrices [12-14] are not required in the arguments. Numerical examples show that the proposed criteria are available and less conservative than existing results .     

On stability of linear neutral systems with mixed time delays: A discretized Lyapunov functional approach

This paper focuses on the stability problem for a class of linear neutral systems with mixed neutral and discrete delays. A discretized Lyapunov functional approach is developed for such kinds of systems. The resulting stability criteria are formulated in the form of a linear matrix inequality (LMI). These criteria are applicable to linear neutral systems with both small and non-small discrete delays. For nominal systems, the analytical results can be approached with fine discretization. For uncertain systems, the new approach is much less conservative. Numerical examples show significant improvement over approaches in the literature.     

On delay-dependent stability for linear neutral systems

This paper focuses on the problem of uniform asymptotic stability of a class of linear neutral systems. Sufficient conditions for delay-dependent stability are given in terms of the existence of solutions of some linear matrix inequalities. Furthermore, the proposed technique extends to neutral systems the results obtained for delay-difference equations using model transformations. Illustrative examples are included.     

A new delay-dependent absolute stability criterion for a class of nonlinear neutral systems

This paper deals with absolute stability for a class of nonlinear neutral systems using a discretized Lyapunov functional approach. A delay-dependent absolute stability criterion is obtained and formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The criterion is valid not only for systems with small delay, but also for systems with non-small delay. Neither model transformation nor bounding technique for cross terms, nor free weighting matrix method is involved through derivation of the stability criterion. Numerical examples show that for small delay case, the results obtained in this paper significantly improve the estimate of the stability limit over some existing result in the literature; for non-small delay case, the ideal results can also be achieved.     

A descriptor system approach to robust stability of uncertain neutral systems with discrete and distributed delays

The robust stability of uncertain linear neutral systems with discrete and distributed delays is investigated. The uncertainties under consideration are norm bounded, and possibly time varying. The proposed stability criteria are formulated in the form of a linear matrix inequality and it is easy to check the robust stability of the considered systems. Numerical examples are given to indicate significant improvements over some existing results.     

Stability analysis of neutral systems with distributed delays

The stability of neutral systems with distributed delays is investigated in this paper. A modified Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional is constructed to study this class of systems. The proposed stability criterion is discrete-, distributed- and neutral-delay-dependent. In addition, by this method one can study the case when the coefficient matrix of the neutral delay term is time-varying uncertain. The reduced conservatism is illustrated in a numerical example.     

A discrete delay decomposition approach to stability of linear retarded and neutral systems

This paper is concerned with stability of linear time-delay systems of both retarded and neutral types by using some new simple quadratic Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals. These Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals consist of two parts. One part comes from some existing Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals employed in [Han, Q.-L. (2005a). Absolute stability of time-delay systems with sector-bounded nonlinearity. Automatica, 41, 2171-2176; Han, Q.-L. (2005b). A new delay-dependent stability criterion for linear neutral systems with norm-bounded uncertainties in all system matrices. International Journal of Systems Science, 36, 469-475]. The other part is constructed by uniformly dividing the discrete delay interval into multiple segments and choosing proper functionals with different weighted matrices corresponding to different segments. Then using these new simple quadratic Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, some new discrete delay-dependent stability criteria are derived for both retarded systems and neutral systems. It is shown that these criteria for retarded systems and neutral systems are always less conservative than the ones in Han (2005a) and Han (2005b) cited above, respectively. Numerical examples also show that the results obtained in this paper significantly improve the estimate of the discrete delay limit for stability over some other existing results.     

On delay-dependent robust stability of neutral systems

The delay-dependent robust stability of uncertain linear neutral systems with delays is investigated. Both discrete-delay-dependent/neutral-delay-independent and neutral-/discrete- delay-dependent stability criteria will be developed. The proposed stability criteria are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities and it is easy to check the robust stability of the considered systems. By introducing certain Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional the mathematical development of our result avoids model transformation and bounding for cross terms, which lead to conservatism. Finally, numerical example is given to indicate the improvement over some existing results.     

New delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with interval delay

This paper provides a new delay-dependent stability criterion for systems with a delay varying in an interval. With a different Lyapunov functional defined, a tight upper bound of its derivative is given. The resulting criterion has advantages over some previous ones in that it involves fewer matrix variables but has less conservatism, which is established theoretically. Examples are provided to demonstrate the advantage of the stability result.     

A less conservative robust stability criteria for uncertain neutral systems with mixed delays

This paper is concerned with the problem of the delay-dependent robust stability of neutral systems with mixed delays and time-varying structured uncertainties. By considering the cross-terms with additional design parameters, a complete form of Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional is constructed. Then some free weighting matrices are introduced, and a sufficient stability condition is obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities. The obtained criterion is dependent on the sizes of neutral delay and discrete delay and are less conservative than those produced by previous approaches. Numerical examples are given to illustrate both the improvement the proposed method provides over some existing ones and the relationship between the neutral- and discrete-delay.     

线性时滞系统的时滞相关鲁棒稳定性新判据

讨论具有多个范数有界不确定的线性时滞系统的时滞相关鲁棒稳定性.利用Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函方法,结合自由权矩阵思想,在Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函的导数中恰当地引入一些自由矩阵,获得了基于线性矩阵不,等式的时滞相关稳定充分条件.该条件较已有结论不仅形式简单,而且具有更小的保守性.     

Improved delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with a delay varying in a range

This paper provides improved delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with a delay varying in a range. The criteria improve over some previous ones in that they have fewer matrix variables yet less conservatism, which is established theoretically. An example is given to show the advantages of the proposed results.     

Delay-dependent robust stability for uncertain linear systems with interval time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the delay-dependent robust stability problem for uncertain linear systems with interval time-varying delay. The time-varying delay is assumed to belong to an interval and no restriction on the derivative of the time-varying delay is needed, which allows the delay to be a fast time-varying function. The uncertainty under consideration is norm-bounded, and possibly time-varying, uncertainty. Based on the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional approach, a stability criterion is derived by introducing some relaxation matrices that can be used to reduce the conservatism of the criteria. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate effectiveness of the proposed method.     

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     

Delay-independent robust stability of uncertain linear systems

In this paper we present some new sufficient conditions for robust stability of linear systems with uncertain time delay as well as structured parameter uncertainty. The stability robustness bounds obtained from the new sufficient conditions are independent of the size of time delay. Some illustrative examples are given.     

A new method for computing delay margins for stability of linear delay systems

This note is concerned with stability properties of linear time-invariant delay systems. We consider delay systems of retarded type modeled both as a high order scalar differential-difference equation and as a set of first order differential-difference equations expressed in state space form. We provide a computational method that can be used to compute a delay interval such that the system under consideration is stable for all delay values that lie in the computed interval. This method requires computing only the eigenvalues and generalized eigenvalues of certain constant matrices and it can be implemented efficiently. Based on this method, we further state a simple necessary and sufficient condition concerning stability independent of delay for each of the two types of the models.     

New stability criteria for linear systems with interval time-varying delay

This paper investigates robust stability of uncertain linear systems with interval time-varying delay. The time-varying delay is assumed to belong to an interval and is a fast time-varying function. The uncertainty under consideration includes polytopic-type uncertainty and linear fractional norm-bounded uncertainty. A new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, which makes use of the information of both the lower and upper bounds of the interval time-varying delay, is proposed to drive some new delay-dependent stability criteria. In order to obtain much less conservative results, a tighter bounding for some term is estimated. Moreover, no redundant matrix variable is introduced. Finally, three numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed stability criteria.