New results on stability analysis of systems with time-varying delays using a generalized free-matrix-based inequality

Abstract

This paper addresses the delay-dependent stability problem of linear systems with interval time-varying delays. A generalized free-matrix-based inequality is proposed and employed to derive stability conditions, which are less conservative than the Bessel–Legendre inequality. An augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional is tailored for the generalized free-matrix-based inequality. Then, some items in the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals are integrated so as to relax its positive definite condition, which provides a more accurate lower bound for the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals. Therefore, some less conservative stability criteria are presented. Two numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of the method.