DYNAMICS OF NEW CLASS OF HOPFIELD NEURAL NETWORKS WITH TIME-VARYING AND DISTRIBUTED DELAYS

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics and the global exponential stability of a new class of Hopfield neural network with time-varying and distributed delays. In fact, the properties of norms and the contraction principle are adjusted to ensure the existence as well as the uniqueness of the pseudo almost periodic solution, which is also its derivative pseudo almost periodic. This results are without resorting to the theory of exponential dichotomy. Furthermore, by employing the suitable Lyapunov function, some delayindependent sufficient conditions are derived for exponential convergence. The main originality lies in the fact that spaces considered in this paper generalize the notion of periodicity and almost periodicity. Lastly, two examples are given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed theoretical results.

Distributed Synchronization of Stochastic Complex Networks with Time-Varying Delays via Randomly Occurring Control

This paper studies the distributed synchronization control problem of a class of stochastic dynamical systems with time-varying delays and random noise via randomly occurring control. The activation of the distributed adaptive controller and the update of the control gain designed in this paper all happen randomly. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, LaSalle invariance principle, combined with the use of the properties of the matrix Kronecker product, stochastic differential equation theory and other related tools, by constructing the appropriate Lyapunov functional, the criterion for the distributed synchronization of this type of stochastic complex networks in mean square is obtained.

Improved delay-dependent robust H_∞ control of an uncertain stochastic system with interval time-varying and distributed delays

In this paper, the robust H∞control problem for a class of stochastic systems with interval time-varying and distributed delays is discussed. The system under study involves parameter uncertainty, stochastic disturbance, interval time-varying,and distributed delay. The aim is to design a delay-dependent robust H∞control which ensures the robust asymptotic stability of the given system and to express it in the form of linear matrix inequalities（LMIs）. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results are also compared with the existing results to show its conservativeness.

Synchronization of stochastically hybrid coupled neural networks with coupling discrete and distributed time-varying delays

A general model of linearly stochastically coupled identical connected neural networks with hybrid coupling is proposed, which is composed of constant coupling, coupling discrete time-varying delay and coupling distributed timevarying delay. All the coupling terms are subjected to stochastic disturbances described in terms of Brownian motion, which reflects a more realistic dynamical behaviour of coupled systems in practice. Based on a simple adaptive feedback controller and stochastic stability theory, several sufficient criteria are presented to ensure the synchronization of linearly stochastically coupled complex networks with coupling mixed time-varying delays. Finally, numerical simulations illustrated by scale-free complex networks verify the effectiveness of the proposed controllers.

Event-Triggered Zero-Gradient-Sum Distributed Algorithm for Convex Optimization with Time-Varying Communication Delays and Switching Directed Topologies

Nowadays, distributed optimization algorithms are widely used in various complex networks. In order to expand the theory of distributed optimization algorithms in the direction of directed graph, the distributed convex optimization problem with time-varying delays and switching topologies in the case of directed graph topology is studied. The event-triggered communication mechanism is adopted, that is, the communication between agents is determined by the trigger conditions, and the information exchange is carried out only when the conditions are met. Compared with continuous communication, this greatly saves network resources and reduces communication cost. Using Lyapunov-Krasovskii function method and inequality analysis, a new sufficient condition is proposed to ensure that the agent state finally reaches the optimal state. The upper bound of the maximum allowable delay is given. In addition, Zeno behavior will be proved not to exist during the operation of the algorithm. Finally, a simulation example is given to illustrate the correctness of the results in this paper.

Consensus of high-order dynamic multi-agent systems with switching topology and time-varying delays

This paper studies the consensus problems for a group of agents with switching topology and time-varying communication delays, where the dynamics of agents is modeled as a high-order integrator. A linear distributed consensus protocol is proposed, which only depends on the agent＇s own information and its neighbors＇ partial information. By introducing a decomposition of the state vector and performing a state space transformation, the closed-loop dynamics of the multi-agent system is converted into two decoupled subsystems. Based on the decoupled subsystems, some sufficient conditions for the convergence to consensus are established, which provide the upper bounds on the admissible communication delays. Also, the explicit expression of the consensus state is derived. Moreover, the results on the consensus seeking of the group of high-order agents have been extended to a network of agents with dynamics modeled as a completely controllable linear time-invariant system. It is proved that the convergence to consensus of this network is equivalent to that of the group of high-order agents. Finally, some numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the main results.

Distributed Resilient Fusion Filtering for Nonlinear Systems with Random Sensor Delays:Optimized Algorithm Design and Boundedness Analysis

This paper is concerned with the distributed resilient fusion filtering(DRFF)problem for a class of time-varying multi-sensor nonlinear stochastic systems(MNSSs)with random sensor delays(RSDs).The phenomenon of the RSDs is modeled by a set of random variables with certain statistical features.In addition,the nonlinear function is handled via Taylor expansion in order to deal with the nonlinear fusion filtering problem.The aim of the addressed issue is to propose a DRFF scheme for MNSSs such that,for both RSDs and estimator gain perturbations,certain upper bounds of estimation error covariance(EEC)are given and locally minimized at every sample time.In the light of the obtained local filters,a new DRFF algorithm is developed via the matrix-weighted fusion method.Furthermore,a sufficient condition is presented,which can guarantee that the local upper bound of the EEC is bounded.Finally,a numerical example is provided,which can show the usefulness of the developed DRFF approach.

Improved Stability Criteria on Discrete-time Systems with Time-varying and Distributed Delays

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foun- dation of China （Nos. 60905009, 61004032, 61104119, 61174076, and 61172135）, and Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation （Nos. SBK201240801 and BK2012384.）

The anti-periodic oscillations of shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks with time-varying delays and continuously distributed delays

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the existence and exponential stability of anti-periodicsolutions of a class of shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks (SICNNs) with time-varying delays andcontinuously distributed delays.Design/methodology/approach – The inequality technique and Lyapunov functional method are applied.Findings – Sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure that all solutions of the networks convergeexponentially to the anti-periodic solution, which are new and complement previously known results.Originality/value – There are few papers that deal with the anti-periodic solutions of delayed SICNNs withthe form negative feedback – aij(t)αij(xij(t)).

DELAY-DEPENDENT ROBUST STABILITY CRITERIA FOR UNCERTAIN SINGULAR NEUTRAL DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS WITH TIME-VARYING AND DISTRIBUTED DELAYS

The problem of delay-dependent robust stability for uncertain linear singular neutral systems with time-varying and distributed delays is investigated. The uncertainties under consideration are norm bounded,and possibly time varying. Some new stability criteria,which are simpler and less conservative than existing results,are derived based on a new class of Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals combined with the descriptor model transformation and the decomposition technique of coeffcient matrix and formulated in...

Controller-based observer design for distributed consensus of multi-agent systems with fault and delay

The object of this article is to study the consequences of occurrence both fault in input and multiple time-varying delays simultaneously while designing observer to estimate the states of agents and also unknown nonlinear fault of system.Two delay dependent criteria are established to show the states of observer reach to states of MAS and also states of observer reach to consensus.From two obtained criteria,it can be deduced,by constructing a distributed controller-based observer design,MAS reach to consensus exponentially.Finally,the advantages of the obtained results are shown by solving an illustrative example.

Finite-Time and Fixed-Time Synchronization of Inertial Neural Networks with Mixed Delays

This paper considers the drive-response synchronization in finite-time and fixed-time of inertial neural networks with time-varying and distributed delays(mixed delays). First, by constructing a proper variable substitution, the original inertial neural networks can be rewritten as a first-order differential system. Second, by constructing Lyapunov functions and using differential inequalities,some new and effective criteria are obtained for ensuring the finite-time synchronization. Finally, three numerical examples are also given at the end of this paper to show the effectiveness of the results.

Adaptive Fuzzy Dynamic Surface Control for a Class of Perturbed Nonlinear Time-varying Delay Systems with Unknown Dead-zone

In this paper,adaptive dynamic surface control(DSC) is developed for a class of nonlinear systems with unknown discrete and distributed time-varying delays and unknown dead-zone.Fuzzy logic systems are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions.Then,by combining the backstepping technique and the appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals with the dynamic surface control approach,the adaptive fuzzy tracking controller is designed.Our development is able to eliminate the problem of 'explosion of complexity' inherent in the existing backstepping-based methods.The main advantages of our approach include:1) for the n-th-order nonlinear systems,only one parameter needs to be adjusted online in the controller design procedure,which reduces the computation burden greatly.Moreover,the input of the dead-zone with only one adjusted parameter is much simpler than the ones in the existing results;2) the proposed control scheme does not need to know the time delays and their upper bounds.It is proven that the proposed design method is able to guarantee that all the signals in the closed-loop system are bounded and the tracking error is smaller than a prescribed error bound,Finally,simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Influence of time delay on weighted pseudo-almost periodic dynamics in SICNNs

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions of shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks(SICNNs)with time-varying delays and distributed delays.Design/methodology/approach–The principle of weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions and some new mathematical analysis skills are applied.Findings–A set of sufficient criteria which guarantee the existence and exponential stability of the weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions of the considered SICNNs are established.Originality/value–The derived results of this paper are new and complement some earlier works.The innovation of this paper concludes two points:a new sufficient criteria guaranteeing the existence and exponential stability of the weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions of SICNNs are established;and the ideas of this paper can be applied to investigate some other similar neural networks.