Stability in a special class of retarded difference-differential equations with interval-valued parameters (Q1323239)

The stability of the interval differential-difference system \(x'(t)- Ax(t)+ Bx(t- T)=0\) is studied, where \(A\), \(B\), \(T\) are intervals: \(A:= [A_ 1,A_ 2]\), etc. The problem is to determine whether the zeros of \(H(z):= z- A+ B\exp(-zT)\), \(z\in C\) satisfy \(\text{Re}(z)< 0\). A generalization for functions of the type \(H(z)= H_ 1(z)\cdots H_ n(z)\) is given, where \(H_ k(z):= z- A_ k+ B_ k\exp(- zT_ k)\). In an interesting discussion a comparison with Kharitonov stability results for interval polynomials is presented.