Sampled-data synchronization of chaotic Lur'e systems via input-delay-dependent-free-matrix zero equality approach.

This paper focuses on the sampled-data synchronization problem of chaotic Lure systems (CLSs) by using sampled output of the systems with variable sampling rates. One novel approach, input-delay-dependent-free-matrix zero equality (IDDFMZE) approach, is proposed for the first time. The IDDFMZE approach can not only fully capture the available information on the actual sampling pattern, but deploy more system information at the dynamic partitioning point. A new LyapunovKrasovskii functional (LKF) with some new terms is constructed, which can use more information of the activation function at the dynamic partitioning point. Based on the presented IDDFMZE approach and the constructed LKF, developed synchronization criterion is obtained in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The desired sampled-data controller is designed under larger sampling period. Finally, the superiority of proposed results is shown by two numerical examples.