Synchronization of Coupled Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Interplay Between Times of Connectivity and Integral of Lipschitz Gain

摘要

This brief considers the synchronization problem of coupled nonlinear dynamical systems over time-varying interaction graphs. We first show that infinite joint connectivity is necessary for achieving globally asymptotic synchronization. We then show that the commonly used Lipschitz condition on the nonlinear self-dynamics is not sufficient to ensure synchronization even for an arbitrarily large coupling strength. A sufficient synchronization condition is established in terms of the times of connectivity, the integral of the Lipschitz gain, and the network parameters.