This paper presents a stability criterion for global asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point for Bidirectional Associative Memory (BAM) neural networks with fixed time delays. An approach combining the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional with Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) is taken to investigate the stability of the system. A delay-dependent LMI criterion is derived. Finally, a numerical exam...

Based on Lyapunov stability theory and matrix measure, this paper presents a new generic criterion of global chaotic synchronization for bidirectional coupled chaotic system with time-delay. A new chaotic system with four-scroll attractor is chosen as an example to verify the effectiveness of the criterion. Numerical simulation are shown for demonstration. 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

In this paper, the bidirectional associative memory (BAM) neural network with both delays and reaction diffusion terms is considered. By employing analytic techniques, a simple criterion is presented for checking the existence and uniqueness of the equilibrium and its global exponential stability for the neural network. The criterion improves and extends some recent results.

This paper presents an original practical criterion of global stability analysis of nonlinear polynomial systems. This criterion derived from the application of the Lyapunov direct method with a quadratic function generalizes the famous Lyapunov stability condition for linear systems. Useful mathematical transformations have allowed the formulation of the obtained conditions as an LMI (Linear M...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to consider an international facility location problem under uncertainty and present an integrated model for strategic and operational planning. The paper offers two methodologies for the location selection decision. First the extended VIKOR method for decision making problem with interval numbers is presented as a methodology for strategic evaluation of po...

  In this paper flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is studied in the case of optimizing different contradictory objectives consisting of: (1) minimizing makespan, (2) minimizing total workload, and (3) minimizing workload of the most loaded machine. As the problem belongs to the class of NP-Hard problems, a new hybrid genetic algorithm is proposed to obtain a large set of Pareto-optima...

In h i s paper, we introduce Quasi Serializability, a correctness criterion for concurrency control in heterogeneous distributed database environments. A global history is quasi serializable if it is (conflict) equivalent t o a quasi serial history in which global transactions are submitted serially. Quasi serializability theory is an extension of serializability. We study the relationships bet...