Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Neural Networks With Time-Varying Delay via an Extended Reciprocally Convex Matrix Inequality.

Journal: IEEE transactions on cybernetics
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the stability analysis of discrete-time neural networks with a time-varying delay. Assessment of the effect of time delays on system stability requires suitable delay-dependent stability criteria. This paper aims to develop new stability criteria for reduction of conservatism without much increase of computational burden. An extended reciprocally convex matrix inequality is developed to replace the popular reciprocally convex combination lemma (RCCL). It has potential to reduce the conservatism of the RCCL-based criteria without introducing any extra decision variable due to its advantage of reduced estimation gap using the same decision variables. Moreover, a delay-product-type term is introduced for the first time into the Lyapunov function candidate such that a delay-variation-dependent stability criterion with the bounds of delay change rate is established. Finally, the advantages of the proposed criteria are demonstrated through two numerical examples.

Authors

  • Chuan-Ke Zhang
    School of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GJ, UK. Electronic address: ckzhang@cug.edu.cn.
  • Yong He
    College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, 310058, China.
  • Lin Jiang
    State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
  • Qing-Guo Wang
  • Min Wu
    Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.