Stability of positive continuous-time linear systems with delays

The asymptotic stability of positive continuous-time linear systems with delays is addressed. It is shown that: 1) the asymptotic stability of the positive systems with delays is independent of their delays, 2) the checking of the asymptotic stability of the positive systems with delays can be reduced to checking of the asymptotic stability of positive systems without delays. Simple stability conditions for the positive systems with delays are give and illustrated by numerical examples.