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Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics
Miguel A. F. Sanjuan (editor), Albert C.J. Luo (editor)
Miguel A. F. Sanjuan (editor)

Department of Physics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Mostoles, Madrid, Spain

Email: miguel.sanjuan@urjc.es

Albert C.J. Luo (editor)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Ed-wardsville, IL 62026-1805, USA

Fax: +1 618 650 2555 Email: aluo@siue.edu

Prescribed-time Synchronization of Multiweighted and Directed Complex Networks with Time-Varying Delays via Hybrid Control Method

Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics 15(4) (2026) 991--1001 | DOI:10.5890/JAND.2026.12.013

Hongmei Yang, Lin Shi

School of Mathematics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, SiChuan, P.R. China

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the problem of the prescribed-time (PT) synchronization for multiweighted directed complex networks (MWDCNs) with time-varying delays via hybrid control method. The nonlinear and coupling terms have $N+1$ non-identical time-varying delays, which increases the difficulty of our study. The network topology is not assumed to be disconnected, which implies only the outer coupling matrix is required to be asymmetric. The coupling matrix is dealt with the rearrangement of variables (ROT) method. An effective synchronization criterion is established. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated by a numerical simulation.

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