Delay-range-dependent exponential stability criteria and decay estimation for switched Hopfield neural networks of neutral type

This paper is concerned with the problem of delay-range-dependent global exponential stability and decay estimation for a class of switched Hopfield neural networks (SHNNs) of neutral type. An average dwell time method is introduced into switched Hopfield neural networks. By constructing a new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and designing a switching law, some criteria are proposed for guaranteeing exponential stability for a given system, while the exponential decay estimation is explicitly developed for the states. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the main results.