On robust stability of linear neutral systems with nonlinear parameter perturbations

The robust stability of uncertain linear neutral systems with time-varying discrete and neutral delays is investigated. The uncertainties under consideration are nonlinear time-varying parameter perturbations and norm-bounded uncertainties, respectively. Both delay-dependent and delay-derivative-dependent stability criteria are proposed and are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The results in this paper contain some existing results as their special cases. A numerical example is also given to indicate significant improvements over some existing results.