Abstract
This paper studies the problem of robust fault estimation for neutral systems, which are subjected to uncertainties, actuator fault, time‐varying interval delay, and norm‐bounded external disturbance. Based on the fast adaptive fault estimation (FAFE) algorithm, we focus on the design of a fault estimation filter that guarantees stability in the filtering error system with a prescribed H∞ performance. A novel Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional is employed, which includes time delay information. A delay‐dependent criterion of robust fault estimation design is obtained by employing the free‐weighting matrices technique, and the proposed result has advantages over some existing results, in that it is less conservative and it enlarges the application scope. An improved sufficient condition for the existence of such a filter is proposed in terms of the linear matrix inequality (LMI) by the Schur complements and the cone complementary linearization algorithm. Finally, illustrative examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.