Title :
On Delay-Independent Stability of a Class of Nonlinear Positive Time-Delay Systems
Author :
Bokharaie, Vahid S. ; Mason, Oliver
Author_Institution :
Hamilton Inst., Nat. Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
Abstract :
We present a condition for delay-independent stability of a class of nonlinear positive systems. This result applies to systems that are not necessarily monotone and extends recent work on cooperative nonlinear systems.
Keywords :
delay systems; nonlinear control systems; stability; cooperative nonlinear system; delay-independent stability; nonlinear positive system; time-delay system; Asymptotic stability; Delays; Indexes; Stability criteria; Vectors; Delay systems; positive systems; stability of nonlinear systems;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.2014.2301574