Stability criteria for linear systems with uncertain delays. (Q1406978)

New delay-independent and delay-dependent stability criteria that do not involve any free tuning parameter are established for the linear system with multiple uncertain time-varying delays \[ \dot x(t)=A_0x(t)+\sum_{k=1}^mA_kx(t-\tau_k(t)), \] \[ x_{t_0}(\theta)=x(t+\theta)=\varphi(\theta), \] \[ t_0+\theta\in E_{t_0}=\sum_{k=1}^m\{t-\tau_k(t)\mid t-\tau_k(t)\leq t_0, t\geq t_0\} \cup\{t_0\}, \] and its special case \[ \dot x(t)=A_0x(t)+\sum_{k=1}^mA_kx(t-\tau_k),\quad t\geq 0, \] where \(\varphi\in C_n\), \(x\in \mathbb{R}^n\), \(A_k\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}\), for \(k=0,1,\dots,m\), are constant matrices, \(\tau_k(t)\leq \tau _{kM}<\infty\) with known or unknown constant \(\tau _{kM}>0\) for \(k=1,2,\dots,m\), in the first system are time-varying and bounded delays, and \(\tau_k\leq\tau_{kM}<\infty\) for \(k=1,2,\dots,m\), in the second one are unknown time-invariant delays. Time-domain and frequency-domain methods are used. All established stability criteria depend only on the eigenvalues related to the coefficient matrices of the system. Some remarks are given to explain in detail the obtained results and to point out the limitations of the existing results in the literature.