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Section: New Results

Frequency-sweeping techniques in delayed dynamics analysis

Participants : Arben Cela [ESIEE Paris] , Xu-Guang Li [Northeastern University, China] , Xu Li [Northeastern University, China] , Jiang-Chian Li [Northeastern University, China] , Zhi-Zhong Mao [Shenyang University] , Silviu Niculescu, Lu Zhang [Shenyang University] .

The stability of linear systems with multiple (incommensurate) delays is investigated in [20], by extending a recently proposed frequency-sweeping approach. First, we consider the case where only one delay parameter is free while the others are fixed. The complete stability w.r.t. the free delay parameter can be systematically investigated by proving an appropriate invariance property. Next, we propose an iterative frequency-sweeping approach to study the stability under any given multiple delays. Moreover, we may effectively analyze the asymptotic behavior of the critical imaginary roots (if any) w.r.t. each delay parameter, which provides a possibility for stabilizing the system through adjusting the delay parameters. The approach is simple (graphical test) and can be applied systematically to the stability analysis of linear systems including multiple delays. A deeper discussion on its implementation is also proposed. Finally, various numerical examples complete the presentation.

In most of the numerical examples of time-delay systems proposed in the literature, the number of unstable characteristic roots remains positive before and after a multiple critical imaginary root (CIR) appears (as the delay, seen as a parameter, increases). This fact may lead to some misunderstandings: (i) A multiple CIR may at most affect the instability degree; (ii) It cannot cause any stability reversals (stability transitions from instability to stability). As far as we know, whether the appearance of a multiple CIR can induce stability is still unclear (in fact, when a CIR generates a stability reversal has not been specifically investigated). In [19], we provide a finer analysis of stability reversals and some new insights into the classification: the link between the multiplicity of a CIR and the asymptotic behavior with the stabilizing effect. Based on these results, we present an example illustrating that a multiple CIR’s asymptotic behavior is able to cause a stability reversal. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, such an example is a novelty in the literature on time-delay systems.

The work [30] focuses on the stability property of a class of distributed delay systems with constant coefficients. More precisely, we will discuss deeper the stability analysis with respect to the delay parameter. Our approach will allow to give new insights in solving the so-called complete stability problem. There are three technical issues need to be studied: First, the detection of the critical zero roots; second, the analysis of the asymptotic behavior of such critical zero roots; third, the asymptotic behavior analysis of the critical imaginary roots with respect to the infinitely many critical delays. We extended our recently-established frequency-sweeping approach, with which these technical issues can be effectively solved. More precisely, the main contributions of this paper are as follows: (i) Proposing a method for the detection of the critical zero roots. (ii) Proposing an approach for the asymptotic behavior analysis of such critical zero roots. (iii) The invariance property for the critical imaginary roots can be proved. Based on these results, a procedure was proposed, with which the complete stability analysis of such systems was accomplished systematically. Moreover, the procedure represents a unified approach: Most of the steps required by the complete stability problem may be fulfilled through observing the frequency-sweeping curves. Finally, some examples illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the approach.