An approach to eigenvalue assignment for systems of linear time-invariant (LTI) delay differential equations (DDEs), based upon the solution in terms of the matrix Lambert W function, is applied to the problem of robust control design for perturbed LTI systems of DDEs, and to the problem of time-domain response specifications. Robust stability of the closed-loop system can be achieved through eigenvalue assignment combined with the real stability radius concept. For a LTI system of DDEs with a single delay, which has an infinite number of eigenvalues, the recently developed Lambert W function-based approach is used to assign a dominant subset of them, which has not been previously feasible. Also, an approach to time-domain specifications for the transient response of systems of DDEs is developed in a way similar to systems of ordinary differential equations using the Lambert W function-based approach.

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