Stability and Hopf Bifurcation Analysis of A Fractional-Order BAM Neural Network with Two Delays Under Hybrid Control

In this paper, considering that fractional-order calculus can more accurately describe memory and genetic properties, we introduce fractional integral operators into neural networks and discuss the stability and Hopf bifurcation of a fractional-order bidirectional associate memory (BAM) neural network with two delays. In addition, the hybrid controller is proposed to achieve Hopf bifurcation control of the system. By taking two time delays as the bifurcation parameters and analyzing of the corresponding characteristic equation, stability switching curves of the controllable system for two delays are obtained. The direction of the characteristic root crossing the imaginary axis in stability switching curves is determined. Sufficient criteria are sequentially given to judge the local stability and the existence of Hopf bifurcation of a fractional-order BAM neural network system. The numerical simulation results show that the hybrid controller can effectively control Hopf bifurcation of a fractional-order BAM neural network system with two delays.