Global uniform asymptotic stability criteria for linear uncertain switched positive time-varying delay systems with all unstable subsystems

Abstract

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In this paper, the problem of robust stability for a class of linear switched positive time-varying delay systems with all unstable subsystems and interval uncertainties is investigated. By establishing suitable time-scheduled multiple copositive Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals (MCLKF) and adopting a mode-dependent dwell time (MDDT) switching strategy, new delay-dependent sufficient conditions guaranteeing global uniform asymptotic stability of the considered systems are formulated. Apart from past studies that studied switched systems with at least one stable subsystem, in the present study, the MDDT switching technique has been applied to ensure robust stability of the considered systems with all unstable subsystems. Compared with the existing results, our results are more general and less conservative than some of the previous studies. Two numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.