This paper investigates the problem of tracking control for a class of switched non-linear systems with time-varying delay. Firstly, based on the average dwell time method, a new exponential stability criterion for a class of switched non-linear systems with time-varying delay is derived; it is shown that this new criterion can provide fewer conservative results than those in the existing references. Then, tracking control for the systems is investigated, and a kind of state feedback control law and switching signal are proposed to satisfy the H∞ model reference tracking performance. Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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