H/H- Simultaneous fault detection and control for continuous-time linear switched delay systems under asynchronous switching

In this paper, the problem of simultaneous fault detection and control for continuous-time switched state-delay systems under asynchronous switching is investigated. The aim is to design a detector/controller unit where the detector is an observer and the controller is an observer-based controller. Based on the average dwell time approach, a new method is proposed where both stability and fault detection are considered, simultaneously, through certain performance indexes. This problem is formulated as a mixed H/H- problem and its solution leads to new sufficient conditions in the form of linear matrix inequality feasibility conditions. The effectiveness of the design technique is illustrated via an example.