Analysis of Hopf–Hopf Interactions Induced by Multiple Delays for Inertial Hopfield Neural Models

Abstract

The investigation of dynamic behaviors of inertial neural networks depicted by second-order delayed differential equations has received considerable attention. Substantial research has been performed on the transformed first-order differential equations using traditional variable substitution. However, there are few studies on bifurcation dynamics using direct analysis. In this paper, a multi-delay Hopfield neural system with inertial couplings is considered. The perturbation scheme and non-reduced order technique are firstly combined into studying multi-delay induced Hopf–Hopf singularity. This combination avoids tedious computation and overcomes the disadvantages of the traditional variable-substitution reduced-order method. In the neighbor of Hopf–Hopf interaction points, interesting dynamics are found on the plane of self-connected delay and coupled delay. Multiple delays can induce the switching of stable periodic oscillation and periodic coexistence. The explicit expressions of periodic solutions are obtained. The validity of theoretical results is shown through consistency with numerical simulations.