Abstract

Fixed-time synchronization of fractional-order multilayer complex networks is studied in this paper. At first, a novel fixed-time stability theorem for the fractional-order nonlinear system is presented. The stability theorem is a generalization of the integer order stability theorem and plays an important role on the synchronization schemes. Based on the proposed stability theorem, the fixed-time synchronization of fractional-order multilayer complex networks is investigated, and a fixed-time synchronization criterion is presented. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our results.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Keywords:
fractional-order, fixed-time stability, networks synchronization, multilayer complex networks
Topics:
Stability, Synchronization, Theorems (Mathematics)

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