This article is concerned with the event-triggered H ∞ state estimation problem of delayed neural networks. A new event-triggered scheme is designed based on the estimation error, which makes a balance between the state estimator performance and network communication bandwidth in accordance with practical requirement. An auxiliary function-type free-matrix-based integral inequality is proposed, which can fully link the relationship among time-varying delay and system states due to additional delay-product-type matrices. Based on these condiments, sufficient condition is established to guarantee the estimation error system to be asymptotically stable and satisfies the H ∞ performance. Meanwhile, the desired event-triggered estimator gains are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A numerical example is illustrated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained methods.
K E Y W O R D Scontinuous-time system, event-triggered H ∞ state estimation, integral inequality, neural networks