Robust observer-based control design for uncertain singular systems with time-delay.

SUMMARY This paper is concerned with the stability analysis and robust dynamic output feedback controller synthesis for uncertain continuous singular systems with time-delay. First, on the basis of the Lyapunov functional method and by resorting to the delay-partition technique, improved delay-dependent sufficient conditions are presented to ensure the nominal unforced system to be admissible (i.e., to be regular, impulse-free, and stable). Second, with the help of the obtained admissibility criterion, an observer-based controller is designed by solving a set of LMIs. Finally, the validity and applicability of the proposed approach is shown by examples. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]