Improved results on robust exponential stability criteria for neutral-type delayed neural networks

In this paper, we investigate the problem of robust global exponential stability analysis for a class of neutral-type neural networks. The interval time-varying delays allow for both slow and fast time-varying delays. The values of the time-varying uncertain parameters are assumed to be bounded within given compact sets. Improved global exponential stability condition is derived by employing new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and the integral inequality. The developed nominal and robust stability criteria is delay-dependent and characterized by linear-matrix inequalities (LMIs). The developed results are less conservative than previous published ones in the literature, which are illustrated by representative numerical examples.     

Global exponential stability and global attractivity of impulsive Hopfield neural networks with time delays

In this paper, by means of constructing the extended impulsive delayed Halanay inequality and by Lyapunov functional methods, we analyze the global exponential stability and global attractivity of impulsive Hopfield neural networks with time delays. Some new sufficient conditions ensuring exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point of impulsive Hopfield neural networks with time delays are obtained. Those conditions are more feasible than that given in the earlier references to some extent. Some numerical examples are also discussed in this work to illustrate the advantage of the results we obtained.     

Dynamical analysis of Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with finite and infinite delays

A model describing dynamics of Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with finite and infinite delays is considered. By means of Lyapunov functionals and differential inequality techniques, criteria on global asymptotic stability of this model are derived. The results of this paper are new and they supplement previously known results.     

Mean square global asymptotic stability of stochastic recurrent neural networks with distributed delays

By constructing suitable Lyapunov functionals and combining with matrix inequality technique, a new simple sufficient condition is presented for the global asymptotic stability in the mean square of delayed neural networks.     

Equilibrium and stability analysis of delayed neural networks under parameter uncertainties

This paper proposes new results for the existence, uniqueness and global asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point for neural networks with multiple time delays under parameter uncertainties. By using Lyapunov stability theorem and applying homeomorphism mapping theorem, new delay-independent stability criteria are obtained. The obtained results are in terms of network parameters of the neural system only and therefore they can be easily checked. We also present some illustrative numerical examples to demonstrate that our result are new and improve corresponding results derived in the previous literature.     

Global attracting sets for neutral-type BAM neural networks with time-varying and infinite distributed delays

In this paper, the asymptotic property of a class of neutral-type BAM neural networks with time-varying and infinite distributed delays is discussed. By developing a new integral inequality and applying the properties of nonnegative matrix, some sufficient conditions for the Lagrange stability and the existence of the global attracting set of the considering model are obtained. Meanwhile, the estimation of the global attractive set is also given out. The results derived here generalize and improve the earlier publications. Finally, two numerical examples are given and analyzed to demonstrate our results.     

Robust stability for stochastic Hopfield neural networks with time delays

In this paper, the asymptotic stability analysis problem is considered for a class of uncertain stochastic neural networks with time delays and parameter uncertainties. The delays are time-invariant, and the uncertainties are norm-bounded that enter into all the network parameters. The aim of this paper is to establish easily verifiable conditions under which the delayed neural network is robustly asymptotically stable in the mean square for all admissible parameter uncertainties. By employing a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and conducting the stochastic analysis, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach is developed to derive the stability criteria. The proposed criteria can be checked readily by using some standard numerical packages, and no tuning of parameters is required. Examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed criteria.     

Delay-dependent asymptotic stability for neural networks with distributed delays

In this paper, dynamical behavior of a class of neural networks with distributed delays is studied by employing suitable Lyapunov functionals, delay-dependent criteria to ensure local and global asymptotic stability of the equilibrium of the neural networks. Our results are applied to classical Hopfield neural networks with distributed delays and some novel asymptotic stability criteria are also derived. The obtained conditions are shown to be less conservative and restrictive than those reported in the known literature.     

Novel global stability criteria for high-order Hopfield-type neural networks with time-varying delays

This paper discusses a generalized model of high-order Hopfield-type neural networks with time-varying delays. Some novel global stability criteria of the system is derived by using Lyapunov method, linear matrix inequality (LMI) and analytic technique. The LMI-based criteria obtained here are computationally more flexible and more generic than many other existing criteria. A numerical example is given to illustrate our result.     

New LMI-based criteria for global robust stability of delayed neural networks

Some novel, linear matrix inequality based, criteria for the uniqueness and global robust stability of the equilibrium point of Hopfield-type neural networks with delay are presented. A comparison of the present criteria with the previous criteria is made.     

Exponential stability and periodicity of impulsive cellular neural networks with time delays

This paper is concerned with the stability and periodicity for a class of impulsive neural networks with delays. By means of the Fixed point theory, Lyapunov functional and analysis technique, some sufficient conditions of exponential stability and periodicity are obtained. We can see that impulses do contribution to the stability and periodicity. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

On stability crossing curves for general systems with two delays

For the general linear scalar time-delay systems of arbitrary order with two delays, this article provides a detailed study on the stability crossing curves consisting of all the delays such that the characteristic quasipolynomial has at least one imaginary zero. The crossing set, consisting of all the frequencies corresponding to all the points in the stability crossing curves, are expressed in terms of simple inequality constraints and can be easily identified from the gain response curves of the coefficient transfer functions of the delay terms. This crossing set forms a finite number of intervals of finite length. The corresponding stability crossing curves form a series of smooth curves except at the points corresponding to multiple zeros and a number of other degenerate cases. These curves may be closed curves, open ended curves, and spiral-like curves oriented horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The category of curves are determined by which constraints are violated at the two ends of the corresponding intervals of the crossing set. The directions in which the zeros cross the imaginary axis are explicitly expressed. An algorithm may be devised to calculate the maximum delay deviation without changing the number of right half plane zeros of the characteristic quasipolynomial (and preservation of stability as a special case).     

New stability criteria for neural networks with time-varying delays

This paper is concerned with the stability analysis problem of neural networks with time delays. The delay intervals [−d(t), 0] and [−h, 0] are divided into m subintervals with equal length. Some free matrices are introduced to build the relationship among the elements of the resultant matrix inequalities. With the above operations, the new stability criteria are built for the general class of neural networks. The conditions are presented in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be solved by the numerically efficient Matlab LMI toolbox. Several examples are provided to show that our methods are much less conservative than recently reported ones.     

Filtering for a class of nonlinear discrete-time stochastic systems with state delays

In this paper, the filtering problem is investigated for a class of nonlinear discrete-time stochastic systems with state delays. We aim at designing a full-order filter such that the dynamics of the estimation error is guaranteed to be stochastically, exponentially, ultimately bounded in the mean square, for all admissible nonlinearities and time delays. First, an algebraic matrix inequality approach is developed to deal with the filter analysis problem, and sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of the desired filters. Then, based on the generalized inverse theory, the filter design problem is tackled and a set of the desired filters is explicitly characterized. A simulation example is provided to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed design method.     

New results on exponential passivity of neural networks with time-varying delays

The problem of delay-dependent exponential passivity analysis is investigated for neural networks with time-varying delays. By use of a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, a new exponential passivity criterion is proposed via the full use of the information of neuron activation functions and the involved time-varying delays. The obtained results have less conservativeness and less number of decision variables than the existing ones. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness and the reduced conservatism of the derived results.     

A new criterion to global exponential stability for impulsive neural networks with continuously distributed delays

This paper considers the global exponential stability and exponential convergence rate of impulsive neural networks with continuously distributed delays in which the state variables on the impulses are related to the unbounded distributed delays. By establishing a new impulsive delay differential inequality, a new criterion concerning global exponential stability for these networks is derived, and the estimated exponential convergence rate is also obtained. The result extends and improves on earlier publications. In addition, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the applicability of the result. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of periodic solutions for neutral type cellular neural networks with delays

In this paper, by using the theory of abstract continuation theorem of k contractive operator, we study the existence of periodic solutions for neutral type cellular neural networks with delays.     

Stability analysis of a class of uncertain switched systems on time scale using Lyapunov functions

This paper deals with the stability analysis of a class of uncertain switched systems on non-uniform time domains. The considered class consists of dynamical systems which commute between an uncertain continuous-time subsystem and an uncertain discrete-time subsystem during a certain period of time. The theory of dynamic equations on time scale is used to study the stability of these systems on non-uniform time domains formed by a union of disjoint intervals with variable length and variable gap. Using the concept of common Lyapunov function, sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the asymptotic stability of this class of systems on time scale with bounded graininess function. The proposed scheme is used to study the leader–follower consensus problem under intermittent information transmissions.     

Existence and global exponential stability of almost periodic solutions for BAM neural networks with distributed leakage delays on time scales

In this paper, we deal with a class of BAM neural networks with distributed leakage delays on time scales. Some sufficient conditions which ensure the existence and exponential stability of almost periodic solutions for such class of BAM neural networks are obtained by applying the exponential dichotomy of linear differential equations, Lapunov functional method and contraction mapping principle. An example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical predictions. The obtained results in this paper are completely new and complement the previously known publications.