Nonseparation Approach to General-Decay Synchronization of Quaternion-Valued Neural Networks with Mixed Time Delays

Abstract

In this paper, the general-decay synchronization issue of a class of quaternion-valued neural networks with mixed time delays is investigated. Firstly, unlike some previous works where the quaternion-valued model is separated into four real-valued networks or two complex-valued networks, we consider the mixed-delayed quaternion-valued neural network model as a whole and introduce a novel nonlinear feedback controller for the corresponding response system. Then, by introducing a suitable Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and employing a novel inequality technique, some easily verifiable sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure the general-decay synchronization for the considered drive-response networks. Finally, the feasibility of the established theoretical results is verified by carrying out Matlab numerical simulations.

Keywords

• general-decay synchronization
• quaternion-valued neural network
• nonseparation approach
• mixed delay