The stability relation between ordinary and delay-integro-differential equations

This paper deals with the exponential stability of a class of nonlinear delay-integrodifferential equations of the form ẋ(t) = f ( t, x(t), x(t − τ1(t)), ∫ t t−τ2(t) g(t, s, x(s))ds ) , t ≥ t0, where τi(t) > 0 for i = 1, 2 and t ≥ t0. The stability relation between ordinary and delay-integro-differential equations is given. It is shown under some suitable conditions that a delay-integro-differential equation will remain exponential stability of the corresponding ordinary differential equation. Finally, some examples with numerical experiments illustrate the theoretical result. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.