Global Lagrange stability for neutral-type inertial neural networks with discrete and distributed time delays

This paper focus on the problem of global Lagrange stability for neutral-type inertial neural networks with discrete and distributed time delays. By choosing a proper variable substitution, an inertial neural network consisting of second-order differential equations can be converted into a first-order differential model. The sufficient conditions of the inertial neural network with neutral delay are derived by constructing suitable Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional candidates, introducing new free weighting matrices, utilizing inequality techniques and analytical method. Through the LMI condition, we analyze the global exponential stability of the delayed inertial neural networks in Lagrange sense. Meanwhile, the global exponential attractive set is also given. Finally, some example is given to illustrate our theoretical results.     

Global exponential robust stability of reaction–diffusion interval neural networks with time-varying delays

The authors discuss the existence of the equilibrium point and its global exponential robust stability for reaction–diffusion interval neural networks with time-varying delays by means of the topological degree theory and Lyapunov-functional method. Since the diffusion phenomena, time delay and the perturbation due to noises as well as some unforced man-made faults could not be ignored in neural networks, the model presented here is close to the actual systems, and the sufficient conditions on global exponential robust stability established in this Letter, which are easily verifiable, have a wider adaptive range.     

Stability analysis of a class of generalized neural networks with delays

In this Letter, we discuss the global asymptotic stability and exponential stability of the equilibrium point of a class of generalized neural networks with delays. By introducing a new type of Lyapunov functionals and making use of matrix inequality technique, some sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of equilibrium and global exponential stability of the delayed Cohen–Grossberg neural networks are obtained. The conditions of the presented results are less restrictive than those of the earlier literature.     

Global exponential stability of Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with variable delays

In this Letter, the conditions ensuring existence, uniqueness of the equilibrium point of Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with variable delays are obtained under more general assumption about activation functions. Applying idea of vector Liapunov function, and M-matrix theory, the sufficient conditions for global exponential stability of Cohen–Grossberg neural networks are obtained. These results generalize a few previous known results and remove some restrictions on the neural networks.     

Analysis on global exponential robust stability of reaction-diffusion neural networks with S-type distributed delays

To avoid the unstable phenomena caused by time delays and perturbations, we investigate the sufficient conditions to ensure the global exponential robust stability with a convergence rate for the reaction-diffusion neural networks with S-type distributed delays. Because S-type distributed delays lead to some difficulty, we also introduce a new generalized Halanay inequality and a novel method-system-approximation method into the qualitative research of neural networks. Moreover, the sufficient criteria provided here, which are rather accessible and feasible, have wider adaptive range.     

Global exponential stability for nonautonomous cellular neural networks with delays

In this Letter, by utilizing Lyapunov functional method and Halanay inequalities, we analyze global exponential stability of nonautonomous cellular neural networks with delay. Several new sufficient conditions ensuring global exponential stability of the network are obtained. The results given here extend and improve the earlier publications. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Stability analysis of neural networks with interval time-varying delays

The global exponential stability is investigated for neural networks with interval time-varying delays. Based on the Leibniz-Newton formula and linear matrix inequality technique, delay-dependent stability criteria are proposed to guarantee the exponential stability of neural networks with interval time-varying delays. Some numerical examples and comparisons are provided to show that the proposed results significantly improve the allowable upper and lower bounds of delays over some existing ones in the literature.     

Exponential stability of delayed Hopfield neural networks with various activation functions and polytopic uncertainties

This Letter deals with the problem of exponential stability for a class of delayed Hopfield neural networks. Based on augmented parameter-dependent Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, new delay-dependent conditions for the global exponential stability are obtained for two cases of time-varying delays: the delays are differentiable and have an upper bound of the delay-derivatives, and the delays are bounded but not necessary to be differentiable. The conditions are presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities, which allow to compute simultaneously two bounds that characterize the exponential stability rate of the solution. Numerical examples are included to illustrate the effectiveness of our results.     

More relaxed condition for dynamics of discrete time delayed Hopfield neural networks

The dynamics of discrete time delayed Hopfield neural networks is investigated. By using a difference inequality combining with the linear matrix inequality, a sufficient condition ensuring global exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point of the networks is found. The result obtained holds not only for constant delay but also for time-varying delays.     

More relaxed condition for dynamics of discrete time delayed Hopfield neural networks

The dynamics of discrete time delayed Hopfield neural networks is investigated. By using a difference inequality combining with the linear matrix inequality, a sufficient condition ensuring global exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point of the networks is found. The result obtained holds not only for constant delay but also for time-varying delays.     

Stationary oscillation for chaotic shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with impulses

In this paper, we study stationary oscillation for general shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with impulses which are complex nonlinear neural networks. In a recent paper [Z. J. Gui and W. G. Ge, Chaos 16, 033116 (2006)], the authors claimed that they obtained a criterion of existence, uniqueness, and global exponential stability of periodic solution (i.e., stationary oscillation) for shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with impulses. We point out in this paper that the main result of their paper is incorrect, and presents a sufficient condition of ensuring existence, uniqueness, and global stability of periodic solution for general shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with impulses. The result is derived by using a new method which is different from those of previous literature. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness.     

Stochastic exponential stability of the delayed reaction-diffusion recurrent neural networks with Markovian jumping parameters

Some criteria for the global stochastic exponential stability of the delayed reaction-diffusion recurrent neural networks with Markovian jumping parameters are presented. The jumping parameters considered here are generated from a continuous-time discrete-state homogeneous Markov process, which are governed by a Markov process with discrete and finite state space. By employing a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach is developed to establish some easy-to-test criteria of global exponential stability in the mean square for the stochastic neural networks. The criteria are computationally efficient, since they are in the forms of some linear matrix inequalities.     

Global exponential stability of mixed discrete and distributively delayed cellular neural network

This paper concernes analysis for the global exponential stability of a class of recurrent neural networks with mixed discrete and distributed delays. It first proves the existence and uniqueness of the balance point,then by employing the Lyapunov--Krasovskii functional and Young inequality, it gives the sufficient condition of global exponential stability of cellular neural network with mixed discrete and distributed delays,in addition, the example is provided to illustrate the applicability of the result.     

New Stability Criteria for High-Order Neural Networks with Proportional Delays

This paper is concerned with high-order neural networks with proportional delays. The proportional delay is a time-varying unbounded delay which is different from the constant delay, bounded time-varying delay and distributed delay. By the nonlinear transformation yi(t) = ui( et)(i = 1, 2,..., n), we transform a class of high-order neural networks with proportional delays into a class of high-order neural networks with constant delays and timevarying coefficients. With the aid of Brouwer fixed point theorem and constructing the delay differential inequality, we obtain some delay-independent and delay-dependent sufficient conditions to ensure the existence, uniqueness and global exponential stability of equilibrium of the network. Two examples with their simulations are given to illustrate the theoretical findings. Our results are new and complement previously known results.     

Delay-dependent exponential stability for neural networks with discrete and distributed time-varying delays

This Letter studies the exponential stability for a class of neural networks (NNs) with both discrete and distributed time-varying delays. Under weaker assumptions on the activation functions, by defining a more general type of Lyapunov functionals and developing a new convex combination technique, new less conservative and less complex stability criteria are established to guarantee the global exponential stability of the discussed NNs. The obtained conditions are dependent on both discrete and distributed delays, are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), and contain fewer decision variables. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and the less conservatism of the proposed conditions.     

Almost periodic attractor for Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with delay

In this Letter, almost periodic Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with delay is studied. By constructing appropriate linear auxiliary equations, sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the existence of almost periodic solution. Moreover, global exponential stability on almost periodic solution is investigated by Lyapunov method. At last, an example is given to show the effectiveness of results in this Letter.     

Stochastic synchronization of coupled neural networks with intermittent control

In this Letter, we study the exponential stochastic synchronization problem for coupled neural networks with stochastic noise perturbations. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, inequality techniques, the properties of Weiner process, and adding different intermittent controllers, several sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure exponential stochastic synchronization of coupled neural networks with or without coupling delays under stochastic perturbations. These stochastic synchronization criteria are expressed in terms of several lower-dimensional linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) and can be easily verified. Moreover, the results of this Letter are applicable to both directed and undirected weighted networks. A numerical example and its simulations are offered to show the effectiveness of our new results.     

Periodic solutions and exponential stability in delayed cellular neural networks

Some simple sufficient conditions are given ensuring global exponential stability and the existence of periodic solutions of delayed cellular neural networks (DCNNs) by constructing suitable Lyapunov functionals and some analysis techniques. These conditions are easy to check in terms of system parameters and have important leading significance in the design and applications of globally stable DCNNs and periodic oscillatory DCNNs. In addition, two examples are given to illustrate the theory.     

Global exponential stability for discrete-time neural networks with variable delays

This Letter provides new exponential stability criteria for discrete-time neural networks with variable delays. The main technique is to reduce exponential convergence estimation of the neural network solution to that of one component of the corresponding solution by constructing Lyapunov function based on M-matrix. By introducing the tuning parameter diagonal matrix, the delay-independent and delay-dependent exponential stability conditions have been unified in the same mathematical formula. The effectiveness of the new results are illustrated by three examples.