Delay-dependent stability analysis for uncertain neutral systems with time-varying delays (Q883240)

The authors investigate the stability of the linear system of neutral type: \[ \dot x(t)=Ax(t)+B_1x(t-d_1(t))+B_2x(t-d_2(t))+C_1\dot x(t-h_1 (t))+C2\dot x(t-h_2(t)), \] \[ x(\vartheta)=\varphi(\vartheta),\quad \forall\vartheta\in[-\rho,0] \] where \(x(t)\in \mathbb R^n\) is the state vector, \(A,B_i, C_i\) are constant real system matrices, \(d_i(t)\) and \(h_i(t)\) are positive time-varying bounded delays and \(\varphi=\varphi(\vartheta)\) is a given continuously differentiable function. Based on the Lyapunov functional method the authors present a new asymptotical stability criterion and a new robust stability criterion in terms of only one simple linear matrix inequality (LMI), which guarantees stability for such systems with time-varying delays. The LMI can be easily solved by various convex optimization algorithms. Two examples are given to illustrate the advantages of the proposed methods over the existing ones.