title: Networked synchronization control of coupled dynamic networks with time-varying delay.
abstract: This paper is concerned with the networked synchronization control problem of coupled dynamic networks (CDNs) with time-varying delay. First, both the data packet dropouts and network-induced delays are taken into account in the synchronization controller design. A Markovian jump process is induced to describe the packet dropouts. The network-induced delays are interval time varying and depend on the Markovian jump modes. A new closed-loop coupled dynamic error system (CDES) with Markovian jump parameters and interval time-varying delays is constructed. Second, using the Kronecker product technique and the stochastic Lyapunov method, a delay-dependent sufficient criterion of stochastic stability is obtained for the closed-loop CDES, which also guarantees that the CDNs are stochastically synchronized. Finally, a simulation example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed result.
authors.affiliation: School of Information Science and Engineering and the Key Laboratory of Integrated Automationof Process Industry, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China. drwangyc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yingchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Huaguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xingyuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted