Stability analysis for discrete-time switched systems with unstable subsystems by a mode-dependent average dwell time approach

This paper mainly intends to present new stability results of a discrete-time switched system with unstable subsystems. By adopting multiple Lyapunov functions' (MLFs') method, new and less conservative stability conditions are derived in terms of a set of numerical feasible linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) with mode-dependent average dwell time (MDADT) techniques. Different from previous literatures, unstable subsystems are considered under two situations in this paper. It is shown that the discrete-time switched system can achieve exponential stability under a slow switching scheme and even in the presence of fast switching of unstable subsystems. Finally a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. (C) 2014 ISA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.