The effect of small delays in the feedback loop on the stability of neutral systems

Systems and Control Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 267-274

  Logemann, Hartmut ^a   Townley, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exponential stability; Functional difference systems; Neutral systems; Robustness; Small time delays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001116303     PISSN: 01676911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6911(96)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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