Constructing Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals for linear positive continuous time difference systems

Abstract In this paper, a linear positive functional difference system with discrete and distributed delays is studied. It is proved that if the considered system is exponentially stable, then it admits both linear and diagonal quadratic Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals. In addition, new exponential stability conditions for switched linear positive functional difference systems are obtained on the basis of a constructive approach to the design of common Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals for the associated families of subsystems.