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Convergence dynamics of Hopfield-type neural networks subjected to almost periodic external stimuli are investigated. In this article, we assume that the network parameters vary almost periodically with time and we incorporate variable delays in the processing part of the network architectures. By employing Halanay inequalities, we obtain delay independent sufficient conditions for the networks to converge exponentially toward encoded patterns associated with the external stimuli. The networks are guaranteed to have exponentially hetero-associative stable encoding of the external stimuli.
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Mohamad, S. Convergence Dynamics of Delayed Hopfield-Type Neural Networks Under Almost Periodic Stimuli. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 76, 117–135 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022919917909
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