Global O(t(-α)) stability and global asymptotical periodicity for a non-autonomous fractional-order neural networks with time-varying delays

Neural Netw. 2016 Jan:73:47-57. doi: 10.1016/j.neunet.2015.09.007. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

Abstract

The present paper studies global O(t(-α)) stability and global asymptotical periodicity for a non-autonomous fractional-order neural networks with time-varying delays (FDNN). Firstly, some sufficient conditions are established to ensure that a non-autonomous FDNN is global O(t(-α)) stable based on a new Lyapunov function method and Leibniz rule for fractional differentiation. Next it is shown that the periodic or autonomous FDNN cannot generate exactly nonconstant periodic solution under any circumstances. Finally, we show that all solutions converge to a same periodic function for a periodic FDNN by using a fractional-order differential inequality technique. Our issues, methods and results are all new.

Keywords: Fractional-order neural networks; Global stability; Globally S-asymptotic periodicity; S-asymptotically periodic solution; Time-varying delays.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Models, Statistical
  • Neural Networks, Computer*
  • Periodicity*
  • Time Factors