 
                                                                                | Article ID: | iaor20108147 | 
| Volume: | 147 | 
| Issue: | 3 | 
| Start Page Number: | 583 | 
| End Page Number: | 596 | 
| Publication Date: | Dec 2010 | 
| Journal: | Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications | 
| Authors: | Sakthivel R, Samidurai R, Anthoni M | 
| Keywords: | optimization | 
In this paper, the asymptotic stability for a class of stochastic neural networks with time‐varying delays and impulsive effects are considered. By employing the Lyapunov functional method, combined with linear matrix inequality optimization approach, a new set of sufficient conditions are derived for the asymptotic stability of stochastic delayed recurrent neural networks with impulses. A numerical example is given to show that the proposed result significantly improve the allowable upper bounds of delays over some existing results in the literature.