Practical synchronization of neural networks with delayed impulses and external disturbance via hybrid control

This paper studies the problem of practical synchronization for delayed neural networks via hybrid-driven impulsive control in which delayed impulses and external disturbance are taken into account. Firstly, a switching method which establishes the relationship between error signals and a threshold function is introduced, which determines whether time-driven control or event-driven control is activated. Secondly, the effects of delayed impulses and external disturbance on impulsive systems are considered, and the corresponding comparison lemma is proposed. Thirdly, whenever the norm of the initial value of the error system state is less than or greater than the initial value of the threshold function, under the proposed hybrid-driven impulsive control scheme, the practical synchronization of the delayed neural networks with delayed impulses and external disturbance can be achieved by synchronizing impulses. Moreover, the Zeno behavior can be excluded under the proposed hybrid-driven impulsive control. Finally, two numerical examples are presented to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.