Stability criteria of linear neutral systems with a single delay

This article mainly considers the linear neutral delay-differential systems with a single delay. Using the characteristic equation of the system, new simple delay-independent asymptotic and exponential stability criteria are derived in terms of the matrix measure, the spectral norm and the spectral radius of the corresponding matrices. Numerical examples demonstrate that our criteria are less conservative than those of previous corresponding results [L.M. Li, Stability of linear neutral delay-differential systems, Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 38 (1988) 339–344; G.D. Hu, G.D. Hu. Some simple criteria for stability of neutral delay-differential systems, Appl. Math. Comput. 80 (1996) 257–271; D.Q. Cao, Ping He, Sufficient conditions for stability of linear neutral systems with a single delay, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2004) 139–144; G.D. Hu, G.D. Hu, B. Cahlon, Algebraic criteria for stability of linear neutral systems with a single delay, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 135 (2001) 125–130]. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.