Improved delay-range-dependent stability criteria for linear systems with time-varying delays

This paper is concerned with the stability analysis of linear systems with time-varying delays in a given range. A new type of augmented Lyapunov functional is proposed which contains some triple-integral terms. In the proposed Lyapunov functional, the information on the lower bound of the delay is fully exploited. Some new stability criteria are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities without introducing any free-weighting matrices. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.