Exponential stability of recurrent neural networks with time-varying discrete and distributed delays

This paper is concerned with the problems of determining the global exponential stability and estimating the exponential-convergence rate for a class of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) with mixed discrete and distributed delays. By constructing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and employing linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique, new delay-dependent exponential-stability criteria are derived in term of LMIs and the exponential-convergence rate is estimated. Numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and improvement of the obtained results.