Survey on Recent Results in the Stability and Control of Time-Delay Systems*

This paper gives a broad overview of the stability and control of time-delay systems. Emphasis is on the more recent progress and engineering applications. Examples of practical problems, mathematical descriptions, stability and performance analysis, and feedback control are discussed.

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