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Existing results based on the interval structure of uncertainty in systems are reviewed. It is argued that this type of an uncertainty structure gives rise to simple solutions for some principal problems arising in the analysis of uncertain systems. Although the interval uncertainty structure gives conservative conditions for robust Hurwitz stability, these are simple and necessary and sufficient conditions in the case of polynomials with one or several variables. A slightly more complicated result holds for quasipolynomials. The interval structure does not lend itself easily to matrix analysis and the Hurwitz stability of a interval matrix is an NP-hard problem. The same applies to quasipolynomials with interval uncertainty in the delays. The author is the father of robust stability based on the interval structure of uncertainties in systems. I generally agree with his view that reduction of conservatism in results must be evaluated with respect to the increased complexity in the methods obtained. There are some grammatical errors in the paper. The paper seems mathematically sound, and I did not discover any obvious errors. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0868.00034].