Fixed-Time Synchronization of Coupled Neural Networks With Discontinuous Activation and Mismatched Parameters

This article is concerned with fixed-time synchronization of the nonlinearly coupled neural networks with discontinuous activation and mismatched parameters. First, a novel lemma is proposed to study fixed-time stability, which is less conservative than those in most existing results. Then, based on the new lemma, a discontinuous neural network with mismatched parameters will synchronize to the target state within a settling time via two kinds of unified and simple controllers. The settling time is theoretically estimated, which is independent of the initial values of the considered network. In particular, the estimated settling time is closer to the real synchronization time than those given in the existing literature. Finally, two numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and correctness of our results.