Improved results on stability analysis of time-varying delay systems via delay partitioning method and Finsler’s lemma

Abstract

This paper proposes novel conditions based on linear matrix inequalities (LMI) for stability analysis of arbitrarily-fast time-varying delays systems. The time-varying delay interval is divided into smaller pieces in order to obtain an equivalent switched model with multiple time-varying delays of smaller interval, which differently from other existing approaches, the maximum switching frequency is not required for stability analysis. Thus, by the use of augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and the Finsler’s lemma, together with some relationships among state variables intentionally defined, the inherent conservatism can be progressively reduced by refining more and more the delay partition. The superiority of the proposed method is illustrated through two benchmark examples.