Exponential stability of discrete-time neural networks with delay and impulses

In this paper, we investigate the exponential stability of discrete-time neural networks with impulses and time-varying delay. The discrete-time neural networks are derived by discretizing the corresponding continuous-time counterparts with different discretization methods. The impulses are classified into three classes: input disturbances, stabilizing and “neutral” type – the impulses are neither helpful for stabilizing nor destabilizing the neural networks, and then by using the excellent ideology introduced recently by Chen and Zheng [W.H. Chen, W.X. Zheng, Global exponential stability of impulsive neural networks with variable delay: an LMI approach, IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I 56 (6) (2009) 1248–1259], the connections between the impulses and the utilized Lyapunov function are fully explored with respect to each type of impulse. Novel techniques that used to realize the ideology in discrete-time situation are proposed and it is shown that they are essentially different from the continuous-time case. Several criteria for global exponential stability of the discrete-time neural networks are established in terms of matrix inequalities and based on these theoretical results numerical simulations are given to compare the capability of different discretization methods.