Global asymptotic stability of cellular neural networks with proportional delays

Proportional delay, which is different from distributed delay, is a kind of unbounded delay. The proportional delay system as an important mathematical model often rises in some fields such as physics, biology systems, and control theory. In this paper, the uniqueness and the global asymptotic stability of equilibrium point of cellular neural networks with proportional delays are analyzed. By using matrix theory and constructing suitable Lyapunov functional, delay-dependent and delay-independent sufficient conditions are obtained for the global asymptotic stability of cellular neural networks with proportional delays. These results extend previous works on these issues for the delayed cellular neural networks. Two numerical examples and their simulation are given to illustrate the effectiveness of obtained results.     

Dissipativity of a class of cellular neural networks with proportional delays

In this paper, the problem of dissipativity is investigated for cellular neural networks with proportional delays. Without assuming monotonicity, differentiability, and boundedness of activation functions, two new delay-independent criteria for checking the dissipativity of the addressed neural networks are established by using inner product properties and matrix theory. Two examples and their simulation results are given to show the effectiveness and less conservatism of the proposed criteria.     

Stability criteria for periodic neural networks with discrete and distributed delays

In this paper, the stability analysis problem is dealt with for a class of periodic neural networks with both discrete and distributed time delays. Both global asymptotic and exponential stabilities are considered. The existence of the periodic solutions of the addressed neural networks is briefly discussed. Then, by constructing different Lyapnuov--Krasovskii functionals and using some analysis techniques, several new easy-to-test sufficient conditions are derived, respectively, for checking the globally asymptotic stability and globally exponential stability of the delayed neural networks. These results are useful in the design and applications of globally exponentially stable and periodic oscillatory neural circuits for recurrent neural networks with mixed time delays. A simulation example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the results obtained.     

Delay-independent stability criteria for complex-valued BAM neutral-type neural networks with time delays

This paper focuses on the global asymptotic stability of complex-valued bidirectional associative memory (BAM) neutral-type neural networks with time delays. By virtue of homeomorphism theory, inequality techniques and Lyapunov functional, a set of delay-independent sufficient conditions is established for assuring the existence, uniqueness and global asymptotic stability of an equilibrium point of the considered complex-valued BAM neutral-type neural network model. The assumption on boundedness of the activation functions is not required, and the LMI-based criteria are easy to be checked and executed in practice. Finally, we give one example with simulation to show the applicability and effectiveness of our main results.     

On improved passivity criteria of uncertain neural networks with time-varying delays

In this paper, the problem of passivity analysis for uncertain neural networks with time-varying delays is considered. By constructing an augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii’s functional and some novel analysis techniques, improved delay-dependent criteria for checking the passivity of the neural networks are established. The proposed criteria are represented in terms of LMIs (linear matrix inequalities) which can be easily solved by various convex optimization algorithms. Two numerical examples are included to show the superiority of our results.     

Synchronization criteria for impulsive complex dynamical networks with time-varying delay

This paper investigates the output synchronization of a class of impulsive complex dynamical networks with time-varying delay. By constructing suitable Lyapunov functionals, some new and useful conditions are obtained to guarantee the local and global exponential output synchronization of the impulsive complex networks. Finally, numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Synchronization of neutral complex dynamical networks with coupling time-varying delays

In this paper, the synchronization problem for a class of neutral complex dynamical networks with coupling time-varying delays is considered. A delay-dependent synchronization criterion is derived for the synchronization of neutral complex dynamical networks. By the use of a convex representation of the sector-restricted nonlinearity in system dynamics, the stability condition based on the discretized Lyapunov?CKrasovskii functional is obtained via LMI (linear matrix inequality) formulation. The effectiveness of our work is verified through a numerical example and simulation.     

Synchronization in complex dynamical networks with interval time-varying coupling delays

This paper deals with the synchronization problem of complex dynamical networks with interval time-varying coupling delays. A simple local linear feedback controller is introduced to guarantee the synchronizability of the networks. Some delay-dependent synchronization conditions for the controlled complex dynamical networks are presented by using the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional method and the reciprocally convex combination approach. Theoretical analysis and numerical examples show that the obtained conditions have less computational complexity and less conservatism than some recently reported ones.     

Global exponential stability for quaternion-valued recurrent neural networks with time-varying delays

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, we employ a novel method for solving the problem of the global exponential stability of quaternion-valued recurrent neural networks (QVNNs) with time-varying...     

Dissipativity analysis of stochastic neural networks with time delays

This paper is concerned with the dissipativity problem of stochastic neural networks with time delay. A new stochastic integral inequality is first proposed. By utilizing the delay partitioning technique combined with the stochastic integral inequalities, some sufficient conditions ensuring mean-square exponential stability and dissipativity are derived. Some special cases are also considered. All the given results in this paper are not only dependent upon the time delay, but also upon the number of delay partitions. Finally, some numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and improvement of the proposed criteria.     

The stability in neural networks with interneuronal transmission delays

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Synchronization of stochastic chaotic neural networks with reaction-diffusion terms

In this paper, we are concerned with the synchronization problem of a class of stochastic reaction-diffusion neural networks with time-varying delays and Dirichlet boundary conditions. By using the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional method, feedback control approach and stochastic analysis technology, delay-dependent synchronization conditions including the information of reaction-diffusion terms are presented, which are expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The feedback controllers can be constructed by solving the derived LMIs. Finally, illustrative examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed technique.     

Improved delay-dependent stability conditions for recurrent neural networks with multiple time-varying delays

This paper investigates the global asymptotic stability problem for recurrent neural networks with multiple time-varying delays. Using the free-weighting matrix technique, and incorporating the interconnected information between the upper bounds of multiple time-varying delays, two less conservative delay-dependent asymptotic stability conditions are proposed, which are expressed by linear matrix inequalities, and can be conveniently solved by the existing softwares. Numerical examples show the reduce conservatism of the obtained conditions.     

Robust observer for discrete-time Markovian jumping neural networks with mixed mode-dependent delays

The robust observer problem is considered in this paper for a class of discrete-time neural networks with Markovian jumping parameters and mode-dependent time delays which are in both discrete-time form and finite distributed form. The neural network switches from one mode to another controlled by a Markov chain with known transition probability. Time-delays considered in this paper are mode-dependent which may reflect a more realistic version of the neural network. By using the Lyapunov functional method and the techniques of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), sufficient conditions are established in terms of LMIs that ensure the existence of the robust observer. The obtained conditions are easy to be verified via the LMI toolbox. An example is presented to show the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

State estimation for Markovian jumping recurrent neural networks with interval time-varying delays

The paper is concerned with the state estimation problem for a class of neural networks with Markovian jumping parameters. The neural networks have a finite number of modes and the modes may jump from one to another according to a Markov chain. The main purpose is to estimate the neuron states, through available output measurements such that for all admissible time-delays, the dynamics of the estimation error are globally stable in the mean square. A new type of Markovian jumping matrix P _i is introduced in this paper. The discrete delay is assumed to be time-varying and belong to a given interval, which means that the lower and upper bounds of interval time-varying delays are available. Based on the new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, delay-interval dependent stability criteria are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the less conservatism and effectiveness of the proposed LMI conditions.     

Passivity analysis of uncertain neural networks with mixed time-varying delays

This paper addresses the passivity problem for uncertain neural networks with both discrete and distributed time-varying delays. It is assumed that the parameter uncertainties are norm-bounded. By construction of an augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and utilization of zero equalities, improved passivity criteria for the networks are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) via new approaches. Through three numerical examples, the effectiveness to enhance the feasible region of the proposed criteria is demonstrated.