Finite-time stability and stabilization of singular state-delay systems using improved estimation of a lower bound on a Lyapunov-like functional

In this paper, the problems of finite-time stability and stabilization for a class of singular time-delay systems are studied. Using the Lyapunov-like functional (LLF) with (exponential or power) weighting function and a new estimation method for the lower bound on LLF, some sufficient stability conditions are introduced. It is shown that the weighting function significantly reduces the conservatism of the stability criteria in comparison to estimation of the lower bound on LLF without this function. To solve the finite-time stabilization problem, a stabilizing linear state controller is designed by exploiting the cone complementarity linearization algorithm. Two numerical examples arc given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.