A delay decomposition approach to delay-dependent passivity analysis for interval neural networks with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with delay-dependent passivity analysis for interval neural networks with time-varying delay. By decomposing the delay interval into multiple equidistant subintervals, new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals (LKFs) are constructed on these intervals. Employing these new LKFs, a new passivity criterion is proposed in terms of linear matrix inequalities, which is dependent on the size of the time delay. Finally, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed techniques.