Improved stability criteria for linear systems with time-varying delay

This study is concerned with the stability analysis of systems with time-varying delay in a given interval. A new type of augmented Lyapunov functional which contains some triple-integral terms is proposed. By introducing free-weighting matrices, a new delay-range-dependent stability criterion is derived in terms of linear matrix inequality. The rate-range of the delay is considered, so the stability criterion is also delay-rate-range dependent. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.