New stability conditions for discrete-time switched positive linear time-varying systems

In this note, we will devote to investigate the stability of discrete-time switched positive linear time-varying systems (PLTVSs). Firstly, a new asymptotic stability criterion of discrete-time PLTVSs is obtained by using time-varying copositive Lyapunov functions (TVCLFs) and this criterion is then extended to the switched case based on the multiple TVCLFs. Furthermore, the sufficient conditions are derived for stability of discrete-time switched PLTVSs with stable subsystems by means of function-dependent average dwell time and function-dependent minimum dwell time. In addition, the stability sufficient conditions are drawn for the switched PLTVSs which contain unstable subsystems. It is worth noting that the difference of TVCLFs and multiple TVCLFs are both relaxed to indefinite in our work. The theoretical results obtained are verified by two numerical examples.     

Robust finite-time stability of singular nonlinear systems with interval time-varying delay

The problem of robust finite-time stability (RFTS) for singular nonlinear systems with interval time-varying delay is studied in this paper. Some delay-dependent sufficient conditions of RFTS are derived in the form of the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) method and singular analysis technique. Two examples are provided to show the applications of the proposed criteria.     

Finite-time stability analysis and stabilization for linear discrete-time system with time-varying delay

The problem of finite-time stability for linear discrete-time systems with time-varying delay is studied in this paper. In order to deal with the time delay, the original system is firstly transformed into two interconnected subsystems. By constructing a delay-dependent Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and using a two-term approximation of the time-varying delay, sufficient conditions of finite-time stability are derived and expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The derived stability conditions can be applied into analyzing the finite-time stability and deriving the maximally tolerable delay. Compared with the existing results on finite-time stability, the derived stability conditions are less conservative. In addition, for the stabilization problem, we design the state-feedback controller. Finally, numerical examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

New finite-time stability for fractional-order time-varying time-delay linear systems: A Lyapunov approach

The primary goal of this paper is to examine the finite-time stability and finite-time contractive stability of the linear systems in fractional domain with time-varying delays. We develop some sufficient criteria for finite-time contractive stability and finite-time stability utilizing fractional-order Lyapunov-Razumikhin technique. To validate the proposed conditions, two different types of dynamical systems are taken into account, one is general time-delay fractional-order system and another one is fractional-order linear time-varying time-delay system, furthermore the efficacy of the stability conditions is demonstrated numerically.     

New conditions on finite-time stability of linear discrete-time system

This paper is concerned with the problems of set-based finite-time stability (SFTS) and set-based finite-time boundedness (SFTB) for both certain and uncertain linear time-varying systems. The concepts of SFTS and SFTB are defined. Different from existing results, sufficient conditions for SFTS and SFTB are directly derived from the basic definitions of finite-time stability (FTS) and finite-time boundedness (FTB) by using the convex hull technique rather than utilizing the weighted quadratic functions. Thus, more practical constraints on the system states can be dealt with. Furthermore, intervals, zonotopes and polytopes are employed to describe the typical compact convex sets. For linear uncertain systems, the uncertain time-varying state sets are assumed to be represented by interval matrices and matrix zonotopes, respectively. Finally, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the main results.     

A delay-dependent stability criterion for linear neutral delay systems

A new stability criterion for linear neutral delay systems is developed in this note. Based on Park's inequality, a new delay-dependent stability criterion is derived. A numerical example is proposed to illustrate the less conservatism of the obtained results.     

Robust finite-time stability of discrete time systems with interval time-varying delay and nonlinear perturbations

The problem of finite-time stability (FTS) for discrete-time systems with interval time-varying delay, nonlinear perturbations and parameter uncertainties is considered in this paper. In order to obtain less conservative stability criteria, a finite sum inequality with delayed states is proposed. Some sufficient conditions of FTS are derived in the form of the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by using Lyapunov–Krasovskii-like functional (LKLF) with power function and single/double summation terms. More precisely estimations of the upper bound of the initial value of LKLF and the lower bound of LKLF are proposed. As special cases, the FTS of nominal discrete-time systems with constant or time-varying delay is considered. The numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the results and their improvement over the existing literature.     

New approaches to stability analysis for time-varying delay systems

In this paper, two new estimation approaches namely delay-dependent-matrix-based (DDMB) reciprocally convex inequality approach and DDMB estimation approach, are introduced for stability analysis of time-varying delay systems. Different from existing estimation techniques with constant matrices, the estimation approaches are with delay-dependent matrices, which can employ more free matrices and utilize more information of both time delay and its derivative. Based on the estimation approaches, less conservative stability criteria with lower computational complexity are derived in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the advantages of the proposed methods.     

Mean-square exponential stability for a class of discrete-time nonlinear singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay

This paper investigates the problem of mean-square exponential stability for a class of discrete-time nonlinear singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay. The considered systems are with mode-dependent singular matrices _Er(k)$E_{r\left(k\right)}$. By using the free-weighting matrix method and the Lyapunov functional method, delay-dependent sufficient conditions which guarantee the considered systems to be mean-square exponentially stable are presented. Finally, some numerical examples are employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.     

Robust exponential stability for uncertain time-varying delay systems with delay dependence

This paper investigates the exponential stability problem for uncertain time-varying delay systems. Based on the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional method, delay-dependent stability criteria have been derived in terms of a matrix inequality (LMI) which can be easily solved using efficient convex optimization algorithms. These results are shown to be less conservative than those reported in the literature. Four numerical examples are proposed to illustrate the effectiveness of our results.     

Observer-based finite-time asynchronous sliding mode control for Markov jump systems with time-varying delay

The issue of finite-time sliding mode control (SMC) is studied for a class of Markov jump systems, in which parameter uncertainties, external disturbances and time-varying delay are considered. Firstly, a suitable observer-based SMC law is devised so that state trajectory of the system can reach the designed sliding mode surface in finite-time, the gain of the controller is asynchronous to the mode of original system. Meanwhile, the sufficient conditions of finite-time boundedness in the sliding phase and reaching phase are derived by the time partition strategy. Moreover, the gains of the observer and the observer-based controller will be acquired by using the linear matrix inequalities tool. In fine, emulation products are used to confirm the merits of the SMC strategy.     

Stability of discrete-time systems with time-varying delay based on switching technique

In this paper, the stability problem of discrete-time systems with time-varying delay is considered. Some new stability criteria are derived by using a switching technique. Compared with the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) approach, the method used in this paper has two features. First, a switched model, which is equivalent to the original system and contains more delay information, is introduced. It means that the criteria obtained by using the LKF method can be regarded as stability criteria for the switched system under arbitrary switching. Second, when the switching signal is known, the stability problem for the switched model under constrained switching is considered and piecewise LKFs are adopted to obtain stability criteria. Since constrained switching is less conservative than arbitrary switching if the switching signal is known, one can know that the obtained results in this paper are less conservative than some existing ones. Two examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Two novel general summation inequalities to discrete-time systems with time-varying delay

This paper presents two novel general summation inequalities, respectively, in the upper and lower discrete regions. Thanks to the orthogonal polynomials defined in different inner spaces, various concrete single/multiple summation inequalities are obtained from the two general summation inequalities, which include almost all of the existing summation inequalities, e.g., the Jensen, the Wirtinger-based and the auxiliary function-based summation inequalities. Based on the new summation inequalities, a less conservative stability condition is derived for discrete-time systems with time-varying delay. Numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Advanced stability criteria for linear systems with time-varying delays

This paper investigates a stability problem for linear systems with time-varying delays. By constructing suitable augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals, improved stability criteria under various conditions of time-varying delays are derived within the framework of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Moreover, to reduce the computational burden caused by the non-convex term including h²(t), how to deal with it is applied by estimating it to the convex term including h(t). Finally, three illustrative examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed criteria.     

A necessary and sufficient condition for delay-independent stability of linear time-varying neutral delay systems

In this paper, stability analysis of linear time-varying neutral delay systems is considered. A necessary and sufficient condition for delay-independent global asymptotic stability of such systems is derived. Eventually, two examples are given in order to show the results established.     

Improved stability criteria for linear systems with time-varying delays

This paper is concerned with the stability analysis of linear systems with time-varying delays. First, by introducing the quadratic terms of time-varying delays and some integral vectors, a more suitable Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) is constructed. Second, two new delay-dependent estimation methods are developed in the stability analysis of linear system with time-varying delays, which include a reciprocally convex matrix inequality and an integral inequality. More information about time-varying delays and more free matrices are introduced into the two estimation approaches, which play a key role for obtaining an accurate upper bound of the integral terms in time derivative of LKFs. Third, based on the novel LKFs and new estimation approaches, some less conservative criteria are derived in the form of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Finally, three numerical examples are applied to verify the advantages and effectiveness of the newly proposed methods.     

Robust finite-time sliding mode control for discrete-time singular system with time-varying delays

This paper explores the finite-time bounded issue for discrete-time singular time-varying delay system via sliding mode control method. A suitable discrete-time sliding mode control law is constructed to drive the state trajectories onto the specified sliding surface in a given finite time interval. Meanwhile, sufficient conditions for finite-time bounded to the closed-loop delayed system are provided in both reaching phase and sliding motion phase. In addition, the finite-time sliding mode controller gain matrix can be solved by using the linear matrix inequalities approach. Finally, three numerical examples are illustrated to demonstrate the superiority and practicability of presented results.     

Discrete Razumikhin-type stability theorems for stochastic discrete-time delay systems

By using the Razumikhin-type technique, for stochastic discrete-time delay systems, this paper establishes the discrete Razumikhin-type theorems on the pth moment stability, the global pth moment stability and the pth moment exponential stability, respectively. The almost sure exponential stability is also investigated by using the pth moment exponential stability and the Borel–Cantelli lemma. As the applications of t he established theorems, stability of a special class of stochastic discrete-time delay systems, synchronization of the stochastic discrete-time delay dynamical networks and stabilization of a stochastic discrete-time linear delay time invariant system are examined.     

New stability and stabilization criteria for a class of fuzzy singular systems with time-varying delay

This paper deals with the stability analysis and fuzzy stabilizing controller design for fuzzy singular systems with time-varying delay. The time-varying delay is composed of two parts: constant part and time-varying part. Based on the idea of delay partitioning, a new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional is proposed to develop the new delay-dependent stability criteria, which ensures the considered system to be regular, impulse-free and stable. Furthermore, the desired fuzzy controller gains are also presented by solving a set of strict linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Some numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and less conservativeness of the proposed methods.     

Exponential stability for linear time-delay systems with delay dependence

This paper focuses on the problem of advancing a theorem to estimate the stability bound of delay decay rate α and upper bound delay time τ to guarantee the stability of time-delay systems. Based on the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional techniques and linear matrix inequality tools, exponential stability and decaying rate for linear time-delay systems are also derived. These results are shown to be less conservative than those reported in the literature. Examples are included to illustrate our results.