Memoryless Dual-Observer-Based Output Feedback Stabilization of Linear Systems with Input and Output Delays

This article focuses on the dual-observer-based stabilization of linear systems with delays in both the inputs and outputs. By a model reduction approach the system can be converted to an equivalent linear system without delays, for which a dual-observer-based stabilizing controller can be designed. However, such a controller is infinite dimensional or memory-based. To solve such a problem, a modified memoryless dual-observer-based stabilizing controller is designed, and the closed-loop stability is proven under some additional conditions. Compared with the reduced-order observer-based controller, the dimension of the dual-observer-based controller is smaller if the system has more inputs than outputs. At the same time, the design approach is more challenging in proving closed-loop stability, as for example a more intricate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional has to be constructed associated with the proposed approach. The proposed approach is applicable to both continuous-time and discrete-time systems. Numerical simulations validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.