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Abstract: This paper investigates control for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying delays and convex polytopic uncertainties. A new type of parameter-dependent Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional is introduced to derive delay-dependent sufficient conditions for the optimal control with exponential stability. All the conditions developed in this paper are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, a numerical example shows the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: A sex-structured mathematical model for heterosexual transmission of HIV/AIDS with explicit incubation period is presented as a system of discrete delay differential equations. The epidemic threshold and equilibria for the model are determined and stabilities are examined. The disease-free equilibrium is shown to be locally and globally stable when the basic reproductive number is less than unity. We use the Lyapunov functional approach to show that the endemic equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. Further comprehensive qualitative analysis of the model including persistence and permanence are investigated. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: This paper is devoted to linear parameter systems under linear fractional representations (LFR) of parameter-dependent nonlinear systems with real–rational nonlinearities and point-delayed dynamics. The robust global asymptotic stability of the system either independent of or dependent on the delay sizes is investigated. The associate matrix inequalities are related to the time-derivatives of appropriate Lyapunov functions at all the vertices of the polytope which contains the parameterized uncertainties. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]