Abstract By employing Schauder’s fixed point theorem and a non-Liapunov method (matrix theory, inequality analysis), we obtain some new criteria that ensure existence and global exponential stability of a periodic solution to a class of functional differential equations. Applying these criteria to a cellular neural network with time delays (delayed cellular neural network, DCNN) under a periodi...

We investigate global stability properties of a HIV/AIDS population model with constant recruitment rate, mass action incidence, and variable population size. Existence and uniqueness results for disease-free and endemic equilibrium points are proved. Global stability of the equilibria is obtained through Lyapunov’s direct method and LaSalle’s invariance principle.

The Stability Index Method (SIM) combines stochastic and deterministic algorithms to find global minima of multidimensional functions. The functions may be nonsmooth and may have multiple local minima. The method examines the change of the diameters of the minimizing sets for its stopping criterion. At first, the algorithm uses the uniform random distribution in the admissible set. Then normal ...

Given a vector eld X on the real plane, we study the innuence of the curvature of the orbits of _ x = X ? (x) in the stability of those of the system _ x = X(x). We pay special attention to the case in which this curvature is negative in the whole plane. Under this assumption, we classify the possible critical points and give a criterion for a point to be globally asymptotically stable. In the ...

This paper explores the stability of a class of feedback fuzzy systems. The class consists of generalized additive fuzzy systems that compute a system output as a convex sum of linear operators. Continuous versions of these systems are globally asymptotically stable if all rule matrices are stable (negative definite). So local rule stability leads to global system stability. This relationship b...

The Gibbs tangent plane criterion has become an important tool in determining the quality of obtained solutions to the phase and chemical equilibrium problem. The ability to determine if a postulated solution is thermodynamically stable with respect to perturbations in any or all of the phases is very useful in the search for the true equilibrium solution. Previous approaches have concentrated ...

The dynamics of many epidemic models for infectious diseases that spread in a single host population demonstrate a threshold phenomenon If the basic reproduction number R is below unity the disease free equilibrium P is globally stable in the feasible region and the disease always dies out If R a unique endemic equilibrium P is globally asymptotically stable in the interior of the feasible regi...

We consider metabolic networks with reversible enzymatic reactions. The model is written as a system of ordinary differential equations, possibly with inputs and outputs. We prove the global stability of the equilibrium (if it exists), using techniques of monotone systems and compartmental matrices. We show that the equilibrium does not always exist. Finally, we consider a metabolic system coup...

For a large class of relay feedback systems (RFS) there will be limit cycle oscillations. Conditions to check existence and local stability of limit cycles for these systems are well known. Global stability conditions, however, are practically non-existent. This paper presents conditions in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) that guarantee global asymptotic stability of a limit cycle...