Exponential stability criterion for time-delay systems with nonlinear uncertainties (Q833124)

The author studies a time delay system with nonlinear uncertainties of the form \[ \dot x(t)= Ax(t)+ A_1x(t- h)+ f(t,x(t))+ f_1(t, x(t_h)), \] where \(A\), \(A_1\) are given matrices. The time-varying parameter uncertainties \(f\), \(f_1\) satisfiy \[ \| f(t, x(t))\|\leq \alpha\| x(t)\|,\quad \| f_1(t,x(t- h)\|\leq \alpha_1\| x(t- h)\|, \] where \(\alpha,\alpha_1> 0\). He introduces a new criterion for exponential stability of the above system and applies this notion to several examples. The method consists of constructing certain positive-definite matrices and is too technical to reproduce here.