Stability analysis for switched genetic regulatory networks: An average dwell time approach

In this correspondence, the problem of exponential stability for switched genetic regulatory networks (GRNs) with time delays is investigated. The GRNs are composed of N modes and the network switches from one mode to another. By employing the piecewise Lyapunov functional method combined with the average dwell time approach and by using a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF), sufficient criteria are given to ensure the exponential stability for the switched GRNs with constant and time-varying delays, respectively. These criteria are proved to be much less conservative than the most recent results, since the results reported in this paper not only depend on the delay bounds, but also depend on the partitioning. All the conditions presented here are in the form of matrix inequalities which are easy to be verified via the Matlab toolbox. Two examples are provided in the end of this paper to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained theoretical results.