Impulsive synchronization of coupled delayed neural networks with actuator saturation and its application to image encryption

• Published in: Neural networks Vol. 128; pp. 158 - 171
• Main Authors: Ouyang, Deqiang, Shao, Jie, Jiang, Haijun, Nguang, Sing Kiong, Shen, Heng Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Actuator saturation; Coupled neural networks; Exponential synchronization; Image encryption; Impulsive control; Time-varying delays; Image encryption; Coupled neural networks; Time-varying delays; Impulsive control; Exponential synchronization; Actuator saturation
• ISSN: 0893-6080; 1879-2782; 1879-2782
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2020.05.016

The actuator of any physical control systems is constrained by amplitude and energy, which causes the control systems to be inevitably affected by actuator saturation. In this paper, impulsive synchronization of coupled delayed neural networks with actuator saturation is presented. A new controller is designed to introduce actuator saturation term into impulsive controller. Based on sector nonlinearity model approach, impulsive controls with actuator saturation and with partial actuator saturation are studied, respectively, and some effective sufficient conditions are obtained. Numerical simulation is presented to verify the validity of the theoretical analysis results. Finally, the impulsive synchronization is applied to image encryption. The experimental results show that the proposed image encryption system has high security properties.