Finite-time stochastic synchronization of fuzzy bi-directional associative memory neural networks with Markovian switching and mixed time delays via intermittent quantized control

Abstract

<abstract><p>We are concerned in this paper with the finite-time synchronization problem for fuzzy bi-directional associative memory neural networks with Markovian switching, discrete-time delay in leakage terms, continuous-time and infinitely distributed delays in transmission terms. After detailed analysis, we come up with an intermittent quantized control for the concerned bi-directional associative memory neural network. By designing an elaborate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, we prove under certain additional conditions that the controlled network is stochastically synchronizable in finite time: The $ 1 $st moment of every trajectory of the error network system associated to the concerned controlled network tends to zero as time approaches a finite instant (the settling time) which is given explicitly, and remains to be zero constantly thereupon. In the meantime, we present a numerical example to illustrate that the synchronization control designed in this paper is indeed effective. Since the concerned fuzzy network includes Markovian jumping and several types of delays simultaneously, and it can be synchronized in finite time by our suggested control, as well as the suggested intermittent control is quantized which could reduce significantly the control cost, the theoretical results in this paper are rich in mathematical implication and have wide potential applicability in the real world.</p></abstract>