On robust stability for uncertain neutral systems with non-differentiable interval time-varying discrete delay and nonlinear perturbations

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the problem of delay-range-dependent robust stability analysis for uncertain neutral systems with interval time-varying delays and nonlinear perturbations. The restriction on the derivative of the discrete interval time-varying delay is removed. By applying the augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional approach, new improved integral inequalities, descriptor model transformation, Leibniz–Newton formula and utilization of zero equation, new delay-range-dependent robust stability criteria are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) for the considered systems. Numerical examples have shown to illustrate the significant improvement on the conservatism of the delay upper bound over some reported results.