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.

Periodic Solutions for a Class of Neutral Functional Differential Equations with Distributed and Discrete Delays

Based on Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem,matrix measure and functional analysis methods,some new sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic solutions of neutral functional differential equations with distributed and discrete delays are obtained. Moreover,we construct an example to illustrate the feasibility of our results.

The Lotka-Volterra Competition System with Discrete and Distributed Time Delays

In this paper, the Lotka-Volterra competition system with discrete and distributed time delays is considered. By analyzing the characteristic equation of the linearized system, the local asymptotic stability of the positive equilibrium is investigated. Moreover, we discover the delays don＇t effect the stability of the equilibrium in the delay system. Finally, we can conclude that the positive equilibrium is global asymptotically stable in the delay system.

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.

Designing Discrete Predictor-Based Controllers for Networked Control Systems with Time-varying Delays:Application to A Visual Servo Inverted Pendulum System

A discrete predictor-based control method is developed for a class of linear time-invariant networked control systems with a sensor-to-controller time-varying delay and a controller-to-actuator uncertain constant delay,which can be potentially applied to vision-based control systems.The control scheme is composed of a state prediction and a discrete predictor-based controller.The state prediction is used to compensate for the effect of the sensor-to-controller delay,and the system can be stabilized by the discrete predictor-based controller.Moreover,it is shown that the control scheme is also robust with respect to slight message rejections.Finally,the main theoretical results are illustrated by simulation results and experimental results based on a networked visual servo inverted pendulum system.

A descriptor system approach to robust stabilityof uncertain degenerate systems with discreteand distribute delays

The robust stability of uncertain linear degenerate systems with discrete and distributed delays is studied in this paper. The uncertainties under consideration are norm bounded, and possibly time varying. A novel robust stability criterion of the system is derived by constructing Lyapunov functions. The degenerate systems are transformed to a descriptor system and the stability criteria are formulated in the form of a linear matrix inequality （LMI）. Therefore, it is easy to check the robust stability of the degenerate systems by using this method. Numerical examples are also worked out to illustrate the obtained 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.

Stability of stochastic switched epidemic systems with discrete or distributed time delay

Stochastic switched epidemic systems with a discrete or distributed time delay are constructed and investigated. By the Lyapunov method and lto＇s differential rule, the existence and uniqueness of global positive solution of each system is proved. And stability conditions of the disease-free equilibrium of the systems are obtained. Numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the results.

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.

Robust Stability and Stabilization of Discrete Singular Systems with Interval Time-varying Delay and Linear Fractional Uncertainty

The robust stability and robust stabilization problems for discrete singular systems with interval time-varying delay and linear fractional uncertainty are discussed. A new delay-dependent criterion is established for the nominal discrete singular delay systems to be regular, causal and stable by employing the linear matrix inequality （LMI） approach. It is shown that the newly proposed criterion can provide less conservative results than some existing ones. Then, with this criterion, the problems of robust stability and robust stabilization for uncertain discrete singular delay systems are solved, and the delay-dependent LMI conditions are obtained. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Delay-dependent robust control for uncertain discrete singular systems with time-varying delay

The design problem of delay-dependent robust control for uncertain discrete singular systems with time-varying delay is addressed in this paper. The uncertainty is assumed to be norm-bounded. By establishing a finite sum inequality based on quadratic terms, a new delay-dependent robust stability condition is derived and expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A suitable robust state feedback control law is presented, which guarantees that the resultant closed-loop system is regular, causal and stable for all admissible uncertainties. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method.

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.

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 New Criteria Robust Stability of Uncertain Neutral Systems with Discrete and Distributed Delays

The robust stability of uncertain linear neutral systems with discrete and distributed delays is investigated. The uncertainties under consideration are norm bounded, and possibly time varying. By means of the equivalent equation of zero in the derivative of the Lyapunov-Krasovskli function, the proposed stability criteria are formulated in the form of a linear matrix inequality and it is easy to check the robust stability of the considered systems. Numerical examples demonstrate that the proposed criteria are effective.

Pinning Synchronization of Discrete-Time Complex Networks with Different Time-Varying Delays

This paper investigates pinning synchronization of discrete-time complex networks with differen t time-varying delays.An important lemma is presen ted and proved,t hen detailed analysis is given to yield some synchronization criteria for this kind of net works.The results provide an effective way to synchronize discrete-time complex networks by reducing control cost.Furthermore,these theoretical results are illustrated by a complex network via two kinds of pinning schemes.Numerical simulations verify the feasibil计y of the proposed methods.

Optimal LQG control for discrete time-varying system with multiplicative noise and multiple state delays

This paper is concerned with the optimal linear quadratic Gaussian(LQG)control problem for discrete time-varying system with multiplicative noise and multiple state delays.The main contributions are twofolds.First,in virtue of Pontryagin’s maximum principle,we solve the forward and backward stochastic difference equations(FBSDEs)and show the relationship between the state and the costate.Second,based on the solution to the FBSDEs and the coupled difference Riccati equations,the necessary and sufficient condition for the optimal problem is obtained.Meanwhile,an explicit analytical expression is given for the optimal LQG controller.Numerical examples are shown to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

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...

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.