Stability, Control, and Computation for Time-Delay Systems: An Eigenvalue-Based Approach

Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition List of symbols Acronyms Part I. Stability Analysis of Linear Time-Delay Systems 1. Spectral properties of linear time-delay systems 2. Computation of characteristic roots 3. Pseudospectra and robust stability analysis 4. Computation of H2 and H norms 5. Computation of stability regions in parameter spaces 6. Stability regions in delay-parameter spaces Part II. Stabilization and Robust Fixed-Order Control: 7. Stabilization using a direct eigenvalue optimization approach 8. Stabilizability with delayed feedback: a numerical case study 9. Optimization of H norms Part III. Applications: 10. Output feedback stabilization using delays as control parameters 11. Smith predictor for stable systems: delay sensitivity analysis 12. Controlling unstable systems using finite spectrum assignment 13. Congestion control algorithms in networks 14. Consensus problems with distributed delays, with traffic flow applications 15. Synchronization of delay-coupled oscillators 16. Stability analysis of delay models in biosciences Appendix Bibliography Index.