Title
Łojasiewicz inequality and exponential convergence of the full-range model of CNNs
Abstract
This paper considers the Full-range (FR) model of Cellular Neural Networks (CNNs) in the case where the signal range is delimited by an ideal hard-limiter nonlinearity with two vertical segments in the i−v characteristic. A Łojasiewicz inequality around any equilibrium point, for a FRCNN with a symmetric interconnection matrix, is proved. It is also shown that the Łojasiewicz exponent is equal to **image**. The main consequence is that any forward solution of a symmetric FRCNN has finite length and is exponentially convergent toward an equilibrium point, even in degenerate situations where the FRCNN possesses non-isolated equilibrium points. The obtained results are shown to improve the previous results in literature on convergence or almost convergence of symmetric FRCNNs. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1002/cta.717
International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
equilibrium point,ojasiewicz inequality,ojasiewicz exponent,full-range model,symmetric frcnn,exponential convergence,symmetric frcnns,symmetric interconnection matrix,john wiley,exponentially convergent,cellular neural networks,non-isolated equilibrium point,convergence
Convergence (routing),Degenerate energy levels,Applied mathematics,Mathematical optimization,Nonlinear system,Exponent,Control theory,Equilibrium point,Inequality,Cellular neural network,Mathematics,Exponential growth
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
40
4
0098-9886
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.38
18
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mauro Di Marco120518.38
Mauro Forti239836.80
Massimo Grazzini313111.01
Luca Pancioni420717.58