An Improved Algebraic Criterion for Global Exponential Stability of Recurrent Neural Networks With Time-Varying Delays

This brief paper presents an M-matrix-based algebraic criterion for the global exponential stability of a class of recurrent neural networks with decreasing time-varying delays. The criterion improves some previous criteria based on M-matrix and is easy to be verified with the connection weights of the recurrent neural networks with decreasing time-varying delays. In addition, the rate of exponential convergence can be estimated via a simple computation based on the criterion herein.