Reachable set estimation and stochastic sampled-data exponential synchronization of Markovian jump neural networks with time-varying delays

Abstract

In this paper, the stochastic sampled-data exponential synchronization problem for Markovian jump neural networks (MJNNs) with time-varying delays and the reachable set estimation (RSE) problem for MJNNs subjected to external disturbances are investigated. Firstly, assuming that two sampled-data periods satisfy Bernoulli distribution, and introducing two stochastic variables to represent the unknown input delay and the sampled-data period respectively, the mode-dependent two-sided loop-based Lyapunov functional (TSLBLF) is constructed, and the conditions for the mean square exponential stability of the error system are derived. Furthermore, a mode-dependent stochastic sampled-data controller is designed. Secondly, by analyzing the unit-energy bounded disturbance of MJNNs, a sufficient condition is proved that all states of MJNNs are confined to an ellipsoid under zero initial condition. In order to make the target ellipsoid contain the reachable set of the system, a stochastic sampled-data controller with RSE is designed. Eventually, two numerical examples and an analog resistor–capacitor network circuit are provided to show that the textual approach can obtain a larger sampled-data period than the existing approach.