H∞ analysis of nonlinear stochastic time-delay systems

In this paper, the H. analysis problem is studied for a general class of nonlinear stochastic systems with time-delay. The stochastic systems are described in terms of stochastic functional differential equations. The Razumikhin-type lemma is employed to establish sufficient conditions for the time-delay stochastic systems to be internally stable, and the H-infinity analysis problem is studied in order to quantify the disturbance rejection attenuation level of the nonlinear stochastic time-delay system. In particular, the paper obtains the general conditions under which the L-2 gain of the system is less than or equal to a given constant. Some easy-to-test criteria are also given so as to determine whether the nonlinear stochastic time-delay system under investigation is internally stable and whether it achieves certain H-infinity performance index. Finally, illustrative examples are provided to show the usefulness of the proposed theory. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.