Global robust passivity analysis for stochastic fuzzy interval neural networks with time-varying delays

In this paper, the problem of passivity analysis is investigated for uncertain stochastic fuzzy interval neural networks with time-varying delays. The parameter uncertainties are assumed to be bounded in given compact sets. For the neural networks under study, a generalized activation function is considered, where the traditional assumptions on the boundedness, monotony and differentiability of the activation functions are removed. By constructing proper Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and employing a combination of the free-weighting matrix method and stochastic analysis technique, new delay-dependent passivity conditions are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be solved by some standard numerical packages. Finally, numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and merits of the proposed method.     

New delay-dependent exponential stability criteria for neural networks with discrete and distributed time-varying delays

In this paper, the problem of exponential stability criteria for neural networks with discrete and distributed time-varying delays are considered. By dividing the discrete delay interval into multiple segments and choosing a new class of Lyapunov functional which contains tripe-integral terms, some new delay-dependent stability criteria are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. The obtained criteria are less conservative because free-weighting matrices method and a convex optimization approach are considered. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Improved delay-dependent stability criteria for neural networks with two additive time-varying delay components

In this paper, the problem of stability criteria of neural networks with two additive time-varying delay components is investigated. Some new delay-dependent stability criteria are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities by choosing a new class of Lyapunov functional. The obtained criteria are less conservative because reciprocally convex approach and convex polyhedron approach are considered. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

New delay-dependent stability results for discrete-time recurrent neural networks with time-varying delay

This paper studies the problem of stability analysis for discrete-time recurrent neural networks (DRNNs) with time-varying delays. By using the discrete Jensen inequality and the sector bound conditions, a new less conservative delay-dependent stability criterion is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) under a weak assumption on the activation functions. By using a delay decomposition method, a further improved stability criterion is also derived. It is shown that the newly obtained results are less conservative than the existing ones. Meanwhile, the computational complexity of the newly obtained stability conditions is reduced since less variables are involved. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and the benefits of the proposed method.     

Delay-dependent exponential stability analysis for discrete-time switched neural networks with time-varying delay

In this paper, we focus on the stability problem for discrete-time switched neural networks with time-varying delay resorting to the average dwell time method. In terms of linear matrix inequality approach, a delay-dependent sufficient condition of exponential stability is developed for a kind of switching signal with average dwell time. A numerical example is given to show the validness of the established result.     

New delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with interval delay

This paper provides a new delay-dependent stability criterion for systems with a delay varying in an interval. With a different Lyapunov functional defined, a tight upper bound of its derivative is given. The resulting criterion has advantages over some previous ones in that it involves fewer matrix variables but has less conservatism, which is established theoretically. Examples are provided to demonstrate the advantage of the stability result.     

New results on robust exponential stability for discrete recurrent neural networks with time-varying delays

This paper is concerned with the problem of robust exponential stability analysis for uncertain discrete recurrent neural networks with time-varying delays. In terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, some novel stability conditions are proposed via a new Lyapunov function. Neither any model transformation nor free-weighting matrices are employed in our theoretical derivation. The established stability criteria significantly improve and simplify some existing stability conditions. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.     

New delay-dependent criterion for the stability of recurrent neural networks with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the global asymptotic stability of a class of recurrent neural networks with interval time-varying delay. By constructing a suitable Lyapunov functional, a new criterion is established to ensure the global asymptotic stability of the concerned neural networks, which can be expressed in the form of linear matrix inequality and independent of the size of derivative of time varying delay. Two numerical examples show the effectiveness of the obtained results. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60534010, 60728307, 60774048, 60774093), the Program for Cheung Kong Scholars and Innovative Research Groups of China (Grant No. 60521003) and the National High-Tech Research & Development Program of China (Grant No. 2006AA04Z183), China Postdoctoral Sciencer Foundation (Grant No. 20080431150), and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 200801451096)     

New delay-dependent global asymptotic stability condition for Hopfield neural networks with time-varying delays

This paper deals with the global asymptotic stability problem for Hopfield neural networks with time-varying delays. By resorting to the integral inequality and constructing a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, a novel delay-dependent condition is established to guarantee the existence and global asymptotic stability of the unique equilibrium point for a given delayed Hopfield neural network. This criterion is expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）, which can be easily checked by utilizing the recently developed algorithms for solving LMIs. Examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and reduced conservatism of the proposed condition.     

New LMT-based delay-dependent criterion for global asymptotic stability of cellular neural networks

The problem of global asymptotic stability analysis is studied for a class of cellular neural networks with time-varying delay. By defining a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, a new delay-dependent stability condition is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. The obtained criterion is less conservative than some previous literature because free-weighting matrix method and the Jensen integral inequality are considered. Three illustrative examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Delay-range-dependent stability for systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the stability analysis for systems with time-varying delay in a range. An appropriate type of Lyapunov functionals is proposed to investigate the delay-range-dependent stability problem. The present results may improve the existing ones due to a method to estimate the upper bound of the derivative of Lyapunov functional without ignoring some useful terms and the introduction of additional terms into the proposed Lyapunov functional, which take into account the range of delay. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and the benefits of the proposed method.     

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

In this paper, the passivity problem is investigated for a class of uncertain neural networks with generalized activation functions. By employing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, a new delay-dependent criterion for the passivity of the addressed neural networks is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be checked numerically using the effective LMI toolbox in MATLAB. An example is given to show the effectiveness and less conservatism of the proposed criterion. It is noteworthy that the traditional assumptions on the differentiability of the time-varying delays and the boundedness of its derivative are removed.     

Global exponential stability of neural networks with discrete and distributed delays and general activation functions on time scales

By employing time scale calculus theory, free weighting matrix method and linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, several delay-dependent sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure the existence, uniqueness and global exponential stability of the equilibrium point for the neural networks with both infinite distributed delays and general activation functions on time scales. Both continuous-time and discrete-time neural networks are described under the same framework by the reported method. Illustrated numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis. It is noteworthy that the activation functions are assumed to be neither bounded nor monotone.     

Improved delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with a delay varying in a range

This paper provides improved delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with a delay varying in a range. The criteria improve over some previous ones in that they have fewer matrix variables yet less conservatism, which is established theoretically. An example is given to show the advantages of the proposed results.     

Robust delay-dependent exponential stability for uncertain stochastic neural networks with mixed delays

This paper is concerned with the robust delay-dependent exponential stability of uncertain stochastic neural networks (SNNs) with mixed delays. Based on a novel Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional method, some new delay-dependent stability conditions are presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities, which guarantee the uncertain stochastic neural networks with mixed delays to be robustly exponentially stable. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of our results.     

含区间时变时滞的线性不确定系统鲁棒稳定性新判据

研究一类区间时变时滞线性不确定系统的鲁棒稳定性问题.通过引入增广Lyapunov泛函,结合积分不等式方法,导出了区间时变时滞线性系统的时滞相关鲁棒稳定性新判据.与现有方法不同,该方法不涉及自由权矩阵技术和任何模型变换,减少了理论和计算上的复杂性,而且在估计Lyapunov泛函导数的上界时没有忽略某些有用项.数值算例表明,所提出的判据是有效的,具有更低的保守性.     

Passivity analysis for neural networks with a time-varying delay

This paper deals with the problem of passivity analysis for neural networks with both time-varying delay and norm-bounded parameter uncertainties by employing an improved free-weighting matrix approach. Some useful terms have been retained, which were used to be ignored in the derivative of Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional. Furthermore, the relationship among the time-varying delay, its upper bound and their difference is taken into account. As a result, for two types of time-varying delays, less conservative delay-dependent passivity conditions are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), respectively. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.     

Further improvement of stability criterion and BRL for Markovian jump systems with interval time-varying delay

This paper deals with delay-dependent stochastic stability and bounded real lemma(BRL)for Markovian jump linear systems with interval time-varying delays.By constructing some new Lyapunov functionals and using the Jensen’s integral inequality method,the free weighting matrix method,the convex combination method and the delay decomposition approach integratedly,some less conservative delay-dependent stability criteria and BRL are established. Numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

State estimation for discrete-time neural networks with time-varying delay

This article deals with the problem of delay-dependent state estimation for discrete-time neural networks with time-varying delay. Our objective is to design a state estimator for the neuron states through available output measurements such that the error state system is guaranteed to be globally exponentially stable. Based on the linear matrix inequality approach, a delay-dependent condition is developed for the existence of the desired state estimator via a novel Lyapunov functional. The obtained condition has less conservativeness than the existing ones, which is demonstrated by a numerical example.