Stability analysis and state feedback control of continuous-time T–S fuzzy systems via anew switched fuzzy Lyapunov function approach

This paper deals with stability analysis and control design problems for continuous-time Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy systems. First, a new membership-function-dependent switching law is proposed and a relaxation parameter is introduced into this switching law to guarantee a minimal dwell time between two consecutive switching. Compared to the existing methods, the most important point is that with the help of the dwell time, the discretized Lyapunov function (DLF) technique can be adopted. Then a new stability criterion of the T–S fuzzy system with less conservatism is derived based on a fuzzy discretized Lyapunov function (FDLF). Second, to estimate the domain of attraction (DA), an algorithm with less iteration steps is proposed. Based on the proposed switching method, sufficient conditions for existence of the state feedback controllers are presented via the switched non-parallel distributed compensation (non-PDC) scheme. The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated through three simulation examples.