In this monograph the author presents explicit conditions for the exponential, absolute and input-to-state stabilities -- including solution estimates -- of certain types of functional differential equations.

The main methodology used is based on a combination of recent norm estimates for matrix-valued functions, comprising the generalized Bohl-Perron principle, together with its integral version and the positivity of fundamental solutions. A significant part of the book is especially devoted to the solution of the generalized Aizerman problem.

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Preliminaries.- Eigenvalues and Functions of Matrices.- Difference Equations with Continuous Time.- Linear Differential Delay Equations.- Linear Autonomous NDEs.- Linear Time-variant NDEs.- Nonlinear Vector NDEs.- Absolute Stability of Scalar NDEs.- Bounds for Characteristic Values of NDEs.