Abstract
Synchronization of stochastic reaction–diffusion Hopfield neural networks with s-delays via sliding mode control is investigated in this article. To begin with, we choose suitable functional space for state variables, then the system is transformed into a functional differential equation in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space by using appropriate functional analysis technique. Based on above preliminary preparation, sliding mode control (SMC) is constructed to drive the error trajectory into the designed switching surface. Specifically, the switching surface is constructed as linear combination of state variables, which is related to control gains. Then novel SMC law is designed which involving delay, reaction diffusion term, and reaching law. Furthermore, the criterion of mean-square exponential synchronization for stochastic delayed reaction–diffusion Hopfield neural networks with s-delays is given in the form of matrix form. This criterion is less restrictive and easy to check in computer. Meanwhile, a different novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) mixed with Itô’s formula, Young inequality, Hanalay inequality is employed in this proof procedure. At last, a numerical example is presented to validate the availability of theoretical result. The simulation is based on the finite difference method, and numerical result coincides with the theoretical result proposed.