New results on stability analysis for systems with discrete distributed delay

The integral inequality technique is widely used to derive delay-dependent conditions, and various integral inequalities have been developed to reduce the conservatismof the conditions derived. In this study, a new integral inequalitywas devised that is tighter than existing ones. It was used to investigate the stability of linear systems with a discrete distributed delay, and a new stability condition was established. The results can be applied to systems with a delay belonging to an interval, which may be unstable when the delay is small or nonexistent. Three numerical examples demonstrate the effectiveness and the smaller conservatism of the method. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.