title: Synchronization Analysis of Master-Slave Probabilistic Boolean Networks.
abstract: In this paper, we analyze the synchronization problem of master-slave probabilistic Boolean networks (PBNs). The master Boolean network (BN) is a deterministic BN, while the slave BN is determined by a series of possible logical functions with certain probability at each discrete time point. In this paper, we firstly define the synchronization of master-slave PBNs with probability one, and then we investigate synchronization with probability one. By resorting to new approach called semi-tensor product (STP), the master-slave PBNs are expressed in equivalent algebraic forms. Based on the algebraic form, some necessary and sufficient criteria are derived to guarantee synchronization with probability one. Further, we study the synchronization of master-slave PBNs in probability. Synchronization in probability implies that for any initial states, the master BN can be synchronized by the slave BN with certain probability, while synchronization with probability one implies that master BN can be synchronized by the slave BN with probability one. Based on the equivalent algebraic form, some efficient conditions are derived to guarantee synchronization in probability. Finally, several numerical examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the main results.
authors: Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.|School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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authors: Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
authors: Jie
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authors: School of Mathematics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China.
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authors: Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors: Daniel W C
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authors: Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.|Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
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