Mei, JunJiang, MinghuiWu, ZhouWang, Xiaohong2014-09-292015-01Mei, J, Jiang, M, Wu, Z & Wang, X 2015, 'Periodically intermittent controlling for finite-time synchronization of complex dynamical networks', Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 295-305.0924-090X (print)1573-269X (online)10.1007/s11071-014-1664-yhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/42123In this paper, we consider finite-time synchronization between two complex dynamical networks by using periodically intermittent control. Based on finite-time stability theory, some novel and effective finitetime synchronization criteria are derived by applying stability analysis technique. The derivative of the Lyapunov function V (t) is smaller than βV (t) (β is an arbitrary positive constant) when no controllers are added into networks. This means that networks can be selfsynchronized without control inputs. As a result, the application scope of synchronization greatly enlarged. Finally, a numerical example is given to verify the effectiveness and correctness of the synchronization criteria.en© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.com/journal/11071Complex dynamical networksFinite-time synchronizationPeriodically intermittent controlLyapunov-Krasovskii functionalPostprint Article