Stability analysis of some neutral delay-differential equations with a frequency-domain approach

Abstract

Two general schemes of neutral delay differential equations are considered. They represent non delayed systems with delayed, nonlinear feedback control. The stability conditions in terms of system parameters are derived using an approach based on feedback systems, namely, the Nyquist stability criterion. It is also shown that those results coincide with some already found in the literature, and others derived here, which are based on classical tools, that investigate directly the roots of characteristic equation. Finally, some examples are given to illustrate the usefulness of this approach.