“…several synthesis methods are reported in Latour et al (1968), Thomasson and Cook (1970), Fuller (1968), and Kim and Bien (1981 a), but these results are not directly extendible to handle more complex time-delay systems. For example, if the plant is described by a more general form r x(t) = Ax(t) + L Biu(t -hi) i=O where hi' i=O, 1, ... , r, are constant time-delays with (2) ( 3) then only open-loop control methods are reported in the literature (e.g., see Banks et al (1971) for the case r= 1).…”