Synchronization of complex dynamical networks subjected to actuator faults and periodic scaling attacks using probabilistic time-varying delays

• Published in: Chaos, solitons and fractals solitons and fractals, 2023-06, Vol.171, p.113486, Article 113486
• Main Author: Sakthivel, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Actuator faults; Complex dynamical networks; Periodic scaling attacks; Probabilistic time-varying delays; Synchronization
• ISSN: 0960-0779; 1873-2887
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2023.113486

In this paper, the synchronization problem of complex dynamical networks (CDNs) subjected to actuator faults and periodic scaling attacks using probabilistic time-varying delays is investigated. In order to handle the fault effects in actuators of proposed complex networks, an actuator fault model is considered. The major objective of this paper is to construct a memory state feedback controller with time-varying actuator faults that are asymptotically synchronized in the mean square sense to defend against periodic scaling attacks. By establishing suitable Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and applying Wirtinger-based integral inequality, sufficient conditions are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) for the proposed system. Moreover, a time-varying delay is supposed to depend on probabilistic distribution conditions. Thus, the resulting criteria that emerge are based on the amount of the delay as well as the probability that the delay will have values at certain intervals. At last, the efficiency of our proposed work is demonstrated by two numerical simulations.