Exponential stability for impulsive Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with time-varying delays and distributed delays

摘要

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology for the existence and global exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point of a class of impulsive Cohen-Grossberg neural networks.Design/methodology/approach–The authors perform M-matrix theory and homeomorphism mapping principle to investigate a class of impulsive Cohen-Grossberg networks with time-varying delays and distributed delays.The approach builds on new sufficient criterion without strict conditions imposed on self-regulation functions.Findings–The authors’approach results in new sufficient criteria easy to verify but without the usual assumption that the activation functions are bounded and the time-varying delays are differentiable.An example shows the effectiveness and superiority of the obtained results over some previously known results.Originality/value–The novelty of the proposed approach lies in removing the usual assumption that the activation functions are bounded and the time-varying delays are differentiable,and the use of M-matrix theory and homeomorphism mapping principle for the existence and global exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point of a class of impulsive Cohen-Grossberg neural networks.