Abstract:
In this paper, we develop a semistability analysis framework for retarded functional differential equations (RFDE) having a continuum of equilibria with time-varying para...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
In this paper, we develop a semistability analysis framework for retarded functional differential equations (RFDE) having a continuum of equilibria with time-varying parameters and delays with applications to stability analysis of multiagent dynamic networks with consensus protocols in the presence of unknown heterogeneous time-varying delays and parameters along the communication links. We show that for such a retarded functional differential equation, if the system asymptotically converges to an autonomous functional differential inclusion with constant time-delays and this new system is semistable, then the original retarded functional differential equation system is semistable, provided that the delays are just bounded, not necessarily differentiable. In proving our results, we extend the limiting equation approach to the retarded functional differential equation systems and also develop some new convergence results for functional differential equations and differential inclusions.
Published in: Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference
Date of Conference: 29 June 2011 - 01 July 2011
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 18 August 2011
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