An adaptive controller for a class of high-order MIMO nonlinear time-delay systems in block-triangular form is proposed in the paper.The radial basis function neural network is chosen to approximate the unknown nonlin...An adaptive controller for a class of high-order MIMO nonlinear time-delay systems in block-triangular form is proposed in the paper.The radial basis function neural network is chosen to approximate the unknown nonlinear ftmetions in the system dynamics at first.Lyapunov-Krasovskii fi.mctionals are used to compensate the influence of delay terms.Then an adaptive neural network output tracking controller is designed by using the back-stepping recursive method.Based on Lyapunov stability theory,the proposed controller can guarantee all closed-loop signals are globally,uniformly and ultimately bounded,while the output tracking is able to converge to a neighborhood of the origin.Finally,a simulation example is given to illustrate the correctness of the theoretical results.展开更多
In this paper, adaptive variable structure neural control is presented for a class of uncertain multi-input multi-output （MIMO） nonlinear systems with state time-varying delays and unknown nonlinear dead-zones. The ...In this paper, adaptive variable structure neural control is presented for a class of uncertain multi-input multi-output （MIMO） nonlinear systems with state time-varying delays and unknown nonlinear dead-zones. The unknown time-varying delay uncer- tainties are compensated for using appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals in the design. The approach removes the assumption of linear function outside the deadband without necessarily constructing a dead-zone inverse as an added contribution. By utilizing the integral-type Lyapunov function and introducing an adaptive compensation term for the upper bound of the residual and optimal approximation error as well as the dead-zone disturbance, the closed-loop control system is proved to be semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded. In addition, a modified adaptive control algorithm is given in order to avoid the high-frequency chattering phenomenon. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.展开更多
This paper proposes an adaptive neural network control method for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown time delays. Radial basis function neural networks are used to approximate unknown ...This paper proposes an adaptive neural network control method for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown time delays. Radial basis function neural networks are used to approximate unknown intermediate control signals. By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, the unknown time delay terms have been compensated. Dynamic surface control technique is used to overcome the problem of ＂explosion of complexity＂ in backstepping design procedure. In addition, the semiglobal uniform ultimate boundedness of all the signals in the closed-loop system is proved. A main advantage of the proposed controller is that both problems of ＂curse of dimensionality＂ and ＂explosion of complexity＂ are avoided simultaneously. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.展开更多
This article deals with a new fractional nonlinear delay evolution system driven by a hemi-variational inequality in a Banach space.Utilizing the KKM theorem,a result concerned with the upper semicontinuity and measur...This article deals with a new fractional nonlinear delay evolution system driven by a hemi-variational inequality in a Banach space.Utilizing the KKM theorem,a result concerned with the upper semicontinuity and measurability of the solution set of a hemivariational inequality is established.By using a fixed point theorem for a condensing setvalued map,the nonemptiness and compactness of the set of mild solutions are also obtained for such a system under mild conditions.Finally,an example is presented to illustrate our main results.展开更多
The auto-correlation function and the cross-correlation of an autonomous stochastic system with nonlinear time-delayed feedback are investigated by using the stochastic simulation method. There are prominent differenc...The auto-correlation function and the cross-correlation of an autonomous stochastic system with nonlinear time-delayed feedback are investigated by using the stochastic simulation method. There are prominent differences be- tween the roles of quadratic time-delayed feedback and cubic time-delayed feedback on the correlations of an autonomous stochastic system. Under quadratic time-delayed feedback, the nonlinear time delay fails to improve the noisy state of the autonomous stochastic system, the auto-correlation decreases monotonously to zero, and the cross-correlation increases monotonously to zero with the decay time. Under cubic time-delayed feedback, the nonlinear time delay can improve the noisy state of the autonomous stochastic system; the auto-correlation and the cross-correlation show periodical oscillation and attenuation, finally tending to zero with the decay time. Comparing the correlations of the system between with nonfinear time-delayed feedback and linear time-delayed feedback, we find that nonlinear time-delayed feedback lowers the correlation strength of the autonomous stochastic system.展开更多
The stability and stabilization of a class of nonlinear discrete time delayed systems(NDTDS) with time-varying delay and norm-bounded nonlinearity are investigated. Based on discrete time Lyapunov–Krasovskii function...The stability and stabilization of a class of nonlinear discrete time delayed systems(NDTDS) with time-varying delay and norm-bounded nonlinearity are investigated. Based on discrete time Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional method, a sufficient delaydependent condition for asymptotic stability of nonlinear systems is offered. Then, this condition is used to design a new efficient delayed state feedback controller(DSFC) for stabilization of such systems. These conditions are in the linear matrix inequality(LMI) framework. Illustrative examples confirm the improvement of the proposed approach over the similar cases. Furthermore, the obtained stability and stabilization conditions will be extended to uncertain discrete time delayed systems(UDTDS) with polytopic parameter uncertainties and also with norm-bounded parameter uncertainties.展开更多
The problem of adaptive stabilization for a class of systems with nonlinear delayed state perturbations is considered. The bound of the perturbations is assumed to be unknown, by using the adaptive control method, an ...The problem of adaptive stabilization for a class of systems with nonlinear delayed state perturbations is considered. The bound of the perturbations is assumed to be unknown, by using the adaptive control method, an adaptive controller is designed. Based on the LyapunovKarasovskii functional, it is shown that the dynamical system can be stabilized by the adaptive controller. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is demonstrated by some simulations.展开更多
Some properties such as oscillation, stability, existence of periodic solutions and quadratic integrability of solutions based on a class of second order nonlinear delayed systems are analyzed by using the V-function,...Some properties such as oscillation, stability, existence of periodic solutions and quadratic integrability of solutions based on a class of second order nonlinear delayed systems are analyzed by using the V-function, the Lyapunov functional or the Beuman-Bihari inequality, and some sufficient conditions based on those properties are given. Finally, the conclusions are applied to over-voltage models based on three-phase nonsynchronous closing of switches appearing in the power systems, the results in accord with the background physical meaning are obtained. And all the conditions of the conclusions are easy to validate, so the conclusions have definite theoretical meaning and are easy to apply in practice.展开更多
In this paper,a sufficient condition for the global asymptotic stability of the solutions of the following nonlinear delay difference equation is obtained, xn+ 1=xn+xn- 1xn- 2 +a xnxn- 1+xn- 2 +a, n =0 ,1 ,..., ...In this paper,a sufficient condition for the global asymptotic stability of the solutions of the following nonlinear delay difference equation is obtained, xn+ 1=xn+xn- 1xn- 2 +a xnxn- 1+xn- 2 +a, n =0 ,1 ,..., where a∈ [0 ,∞ ) and the initial values x- 2 ,x- 1,x0 ∈ (0 ,∞ ) .As a special case,a conjecture by Ladas is confirmed.展开更多
A class of second order nonlinear differential equations with delay depenging on the unknown function of the fromin the case where ∫0∞ ds/r(s) < ∞ is studied. Various classifications of their eventually positive...A class of second order nonlinear differential equations with delay depenging on the unknown function of the fromin the case where ∫0∞ ds/r(s) < ∞ is studied. Various classifications of their eventually positive solutions are given in terms of their asymptotic magnitudes, and necessary as well as sufficient conditions for the existence of these solutions are also obtained.展开更多
In this paper,we consider a class of third-order nonlinear delay dynamic equations.First,we establish a Kiguradze-type lemma and some useful estimates.Second,we give a sufficient and necessary condition for the existe...In this paper,we consider a class of third-order nonlinear delay dynamic equations.First,we establish a Kiguradze-type lemma and some useful estimates.Second,we give a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of eventually positive solutions having upper bounds and tending to zero.Third,we obtain new oscillation criteria by employing the Potzsche chain rule.Then,using the generalized Riccati transformation technique and averaging method,we establish the Philos-type oscillation criteria.Surprisingly,the integral value of the Philos-type oscillation criteria,which guarantees that all unbounded solutions oscillate,is greater than θ_(4)(t_(1),T).The results of Theorem 3.5 and Remark 3.6 are novel.Finally,we offer four examples to illustrate our results.展开更多
In this paper, we construct a composite Milstein method for nonlinear stochastic differential delay equations. Then we analyze the mean square stability for this method and obtain the step size condition under which t...In this paper, we construct a composite Milstein method for nonlinear stochastic differential delay equations. Then we analyze the mean square stability for this method and obtain the step size condition under which the composite Milstein method is mean square stable. Moreover, we get the step size condition under which the composite Milstein method is global mean square stable. A nonlinear test stochastic differential delay equation is given for numerical tests. The results of numerical tests verify the theoretical results proposed.展开更多
In this paper,we study mixed non-linear fractional delay differential equations with integral boundary conditions.We obtain an equivalence result between the proposed problem and non-linear Fredholm integral equation ...In this paper,we study mixed non-linear fractional delay differential equations with integral boundary conditions.We obtain an equivalence result between the proposed problem and non-linear Fredholm integral equation of the second kind.Further,we establish existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for the problem using Guo-Krasnoseleskii's fixed point theorem and Banach contraction principle.展开更多
The necessary and sufficient conditions for the oscillations of every solution of the nonlinear delay equation (t)+f(x(t-l))+g(x( t-k ))=0 are oblained.
In this article, a finite volume element algorithm is presented and discussed for the numerical solutions of a time-fractional nonlinear fourth-order diffusion equation with time delay. By choosing the second-order sp...In this article, a finite volume element algorithm is presented and discussed for the numerical solutions of a time-fractional nonlinear fourth-order diffusion equation with time delay. By choosing the second-order spatial derivative of the original unknown as an additional variable, the fourth-order problem is transformed into a second-order system. Then the fully discrete finite volume element scheme is formulated by using L1approximation for temporal Caputo derivative and finite volume element method in spatial direction. The unique solvability and stable result of the proposed scheme are proved. A priori estimate of L2-norm with optimal order of convergence O(h2+τ2−α)where τand hare time step length and space mesh parameter, respectively, is obtained. The efficiency of the scheme is supported by some numerical experiments.展开更多
Using the boundary layer corrective method,a class of nonlinear disturbed delayed system is studied.The asymptotic solution to the model is constructed.And the asymptotic behaviors of the solution are also discussed.
Some convergence results of one-leg methods for nonlinear neutral delay integro-differential equations (NDIDEs) are obtained. It is proved that a one-leg method is E (or EB) -convergent of order p for nonlinear NDIDEs...Some convergence results of one-leg methods for nonlinear neutral delay integro-differential equations (NDIDEs) are obtained. It is proved that a one-leg method is E (or EB) -convergent of order p for nonlinear NDIDEs if and only if it is A-stable and consistent of order p in classical sense for ODEs, where p = 1, 2. A numerical example that confirms the theoretical results is given in the end of this paper.展开更多
This paper is devoted to studying the El Nino mechanism of atmospheric physics. The existence and asymptotic estimates of periodic solutions for its model are obtained by employing the technique of upper and lower sol...This paper is devoted to studying the El Nino mechanism of atmospheric physics. The existence and asymptotic estimates of periodic solutions for its model are obtained by employing the technique of upper and lower solution, and using the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory.展开更多
This paper studies the output synchronization problem for a class of networked non-linear multi-agent systems with switching topology and time-varying delays. To synchronize the outputs,a leader is introduced whose co...This paper studies the output synchronization problem for a class of networked non-linear multi-agent systems with switching topology and time-varying delays. To synchronize the outputs,a leader is introduced whose connectivity to the followers varies with time, and a novel data-driven consensus protocol based on model free adaptive control is proposed, where the reference input of each follower is designed to be the time-varying average of the neighboring agents＇ outputs. Both the case when the leader is with a prescribed reference input and the case otherwise are considered.The proposed protocol allows for time-varying delays, switching topology, and does not use the agent structure or the dynamics information implicitly or explicitly. Sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the closed-loop stability, and conditions for consensus convergence are obtained, where only a joint spanning tree is required. Numerical simulations and practical experiments are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.展开更多
In this paper,ETD3-Padéand ETD4-PadéGalerkin finite element methods are proposed and analyzed for nonlinear delayed convection-diffusion-reaction equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions.An ETD-based RK ...In this paper,ETD3-Padéand ETD4-PadéGalerkin finite element methods are proposed and analyzed for nonlinear delayed convection-diffusion-reaction equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions.An ETD-based RK is used for time integration of the corresponding equation.To overcome a well-known difficulty of numerical instability associated with the computation of the exponential operator,the Padéapproach is used for such an exponential operator approximation,which in turn leads to the corresponding ETD-Padéschemes.An unconditional L^(2) numerical stability is proved for the proposed numerical schemes,under a global Lipshitz continuity assumption.In addition,optimal rate error estimates are provided,which gives the convergence order of O(k^(3)+h^(r))(ETD3-Padé)or O(k^(4)+h^(r))(ETD4-Padé)in the L^(2)norm,respectively.Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed numerical schemes.展开更多
文摘An adaptive controller for a class of high-order MIMO nonlinear time-delay systems in block-triangular form is proposed in the paper.The radial basis function neural network is chosen to approximate the unknown nonlinear ftmetions in the system dynamics at first.Lyapunov-Krasovskii fi.mctionals are used to compensate the influence of delay terms.Then an adaptive neural network output tracking controller is designed by using the back-stepping recursive method.Based on Lyapunov stability theory,the proposed controller can guarantee all closed-loop signals are globally,uniformly and ultimately bounded,while the output tracking is able to converge to a neighborhood of the origin.Finally,a simulation example is given to illustrate the correctness of the theoretical results.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundationof China (No. 60774017 and No. 60874045)
文摘In this paper, adaptive variable structure neural control is presented for a class of uncertain multi-input multi-output （MIMO） nonlinear systems with state time-varying delays and unknown nonlinear dead-zones. The unknown time-varying delay uncer- tainties are compensated for using appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals in the design. The approach removes the assumption of linear function outside the deadband without necessarily constructing a dead-zone inverse as an added contribution. By utilizing the integral-type Lyapunov function and introducing an adaptive compensation term for the upper bound of the residual and optimal approximation error as well as the dead-zone disturbance, the closed-loop control system is proved to be semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded. In addition, a modified adaptive control algorithm is given in order to avoid the high-frequency chattering phenomenon. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
文摘This paper proposes an adaptive neural network control method for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown time delays. Radial basis function neural networks are used to approximate unknown intermediate control signals. By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, the unknown time delay terms have been compensated. Dynamic surface control technique is used to overcome the problem of ＂explosion of complexity＂ in backstepping design procedure. In addition, the semiglobal uniform ultimate boundedness of all the signals in the closed-loop system is proved. A main advantage of the proposed controller is that both problems of ＂curse of dimensionality＂ and ＂explosion of complexity＂ are avoided simultaneously. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11471230,11671282)。
文摘This article deals with a new fractional nonlinear delay evolution system driven by a hemi-variational inequality in a Banach space.Utilizing the KKM theorem,a result concerned with the upper semicontinuity and measurability of the solution set of a hemivariational inequality is established.By using a fixed point theorem for a condensing setvalued map,the nonemptiness and compactness of the set of mild solutions are also obtained for such a system under mild conditions.Finally,an example is presented to illustrate our main results.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11265012Yunnan Province Open Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Colleges and Universities
文摘The auto-correlation function and the cross-correlation of an autonomous stochastic system with nonlinear time-delayed feedback are investigated by using the stochastic simulation method. There are prominent differences be- tween the roles of quadratic time-delayed feedback and cubic time-delayed feedback on the correlations of an autonomous stochastic system. Under quadratic time-delayed feedback, the nonlinear time delay fails to improve the noisy state of the autonomous stochastic system, the auto-correlation decreases monotonously to zero, and the cross-correlation increases monotonously to zero with the decay time. Under cubic time-delayed feedback, the nonlinear time delay can improve the noisy state of the autonomous stochastic system; the auto-correlation and the cross-correlation show periodical oscillation and attenuation, finally tending to zero with the decay time. Comparing the correlations of the system between with nonfinear time-delayed feedback and linear time-delayed feedback, we find that nonlinear time-delayed feedback lowers the correlation strength of the autonomous stochastic system.
文摘The stability and stabilization of a class of nonlinear discrete time delayed systems(NDTDS) with time-varying delay and norm-bounded nonlinearity are investigated. Based on discrete time Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional method, a sufficient delaydependent condition for asymptotic stability of nonlinear systems is offered. Then, this condition is used to design a new efficient delayed state feedback controller(DSFC) for stabilization of such systems. These conditions are in the linear matrix inequality(LMI) framework. Illustrative examples confirm the improvement of the proposed approach over the similar cases. Furthermore, the obtained stability and stabilization conditions will be extended to uncertain discrete time delayed systems(UDTDS) with polytopic parameter uncertainties and also with norm-bounded parameter uncertainties.
基金Supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 60274007, 60474001)
文摘The problem of adaptive stabilization for a class of systems with nonlinear delayed state perturbations is considered. The bound of the perturbations is assumed to be unknown, by using the adaptive control method, an adaptive controller is designed. Based on the LyapunovKarasovskii functional, it is shown that the dynamical system can be stabilized by the adaptive controller. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is demonstrated by some simulations.
文摘Some properties such as oscillation, stability, existence of periodic solutions and quadratic integrability of solutions based on a class of second order nonlinear delayed systems are analyzed by using the V-function, the Lyapunov functional or the Beuman-Bihari inequality, and some sufficient conditions based on those properties are given. Finally, the conclusions are applied to over-voltage models based on three-phase nonsynchronous closing of switches appearing in the power systems, the results in accord with the background physical meaning are obtained. And all the conditions of the conclusions are easy to validate, so the conclusions have definite theoretical meaning and are easy to apply in practice.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(1 0 0 71 0 2 2 ) Mathematical TianyuanFoundation of China(TY1 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 - 0 1 - 0 5 - 0 3 ) Shanghai Priority Academic Discipline Foundation
文摘In this paper,a sufficient condition for the global asymptotic stability of the solutions of the following nonlinear delay difference equation is obtained, xn+ 1=xn+xn- 1xn- 2 +a xnxn- 1+xn- 2 +a, n =0 ,1 ,..., where a∈ [0 ,∞ ) and the initial values x- 2 ,x- 1,x0 ∈ (0 ,∞ ) .As a special case,a conjecture by Ladas is confirmed.
文摘A class of second order nonlinear differential equations with delay depenging on the unknown function of the fromin the case where ∫0∞ ds/r(s) < ∞ is studied. Various classifications of their eventually positive solutions are given in terms of their asymptotic magnitudes, and necessary as well as sufficient conditions for the existence of these solutions are also obtained.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12071491,12001113)。
文摘In this paper,we consider a class of third-order nonlinear delay dynamic equations.First,we establish a Kiguradze-type lemma and some useful estimates.Second,we give a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of eventually positive solutions having upper bounds and tending to zero.Third,we obtain new oscillation criteria by employing the Potzsche chain rule.Then,using the generalized Riccati transformation technique and averaging method,we establish the Philos-type oscillation criteria.Surprisingly,the integral value of the Philos-type oscillation criteria,which guarantees that all unbounded solutions oscillate,is greater than θ_(4)(t_(1),T).The results of Theorem 3.5 and Remark 3.6 are novel.Finally,we offer four examples to illustrate our results.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61272024)Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.11040606M06)
文摘In this paper, we construct a composite Milstein method for nonlinear stochastic differential delay equations. Then we analyze the mean square stability for this method and obtain the step size condition under which the composite Milstein method is mean square stable. Moreover, we get the step size condition under which the composite Milstein method is global mean square stable. A nonlinear test stochastic differential delay equation is given for numerical tests. The results of numerical tests verify the theoretical results proposed.
基金Supported by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Human Resource Development Group(CSIR-HRDG)(Grant No.09/0990(11223)/2021-EMR-I)。
文摘In this paper,we study mixed non-linear fractional delay differential equations with integral boundary conditions.We obtain an equivalence result between the proposed problem and non-linear Fredholm integral equation of the second kind.Further,we establish existence and uniqueness of positive solutions for the problem using Guo-Krasnoseleskii's fixed point theorem and Banach contraction principle.
文摘The necessary and sufficient conditions for the oscillations of every solution of the nonlinear delay equation (t)+f(x(t-l))+g(x( t-k ))=0 are oblained.
文摘In this article, a finite volume element algorithm is presented and discussed for the numerical solutions of a time-fractional nonlinear fourth-order diffusion equation with time delay. By choosing the second-order spatial derivative of the original unknown as an additional variable, the fourth-order problem is transformed into a second-order system. Then the fully discrete finite volume element scheme is formulated by using L1approximation for temporal Caputo derivative and finite volume element method in spatial direction. The unique solvability and stable result of the proposed scheme are proved. A priori estimate of L2-norm with optimal order of convergence O(h2+τ2−α)where τand hare time step length and space mesh parameter, respectively, is obtained. The efficiency of the scheme is supported by some numerical experiments.
基金supported by Introducing Talents Program of SIT(YJ2013-33)
文摘Using the boundary layer corrective method,a class of nonlinear disturbed delayed system is studied.The asymptotic solution to the model is constructed.And the asymptotic behaviors of the solution are also discussed.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10871164)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 08JJ6002)the Scientific Research Fund of Changsha University of Science and Technology (Grant No. 1004259)
文摘Some convergence results of one-leg methods for nonlinear neutral delay integro-differential equations (NDIDEs) are obtained. It is proved that a one-leg method is E (or EB) -convergent of order p for nonlinear NDIDEs if and only if it is A-stable and consistent of order p in classical sense for ODEs, where p = 1, 2. A numerical example that confirms the theoretical results is given in the end of this paper.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40676016)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant Nos. BK2009105 and BK2008119)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Education Committee, China (Grant Nos. 09kjd110001 and 08kjb110011)Key Natural Science Foundation by the Bureau of Education of Anhui Province of China (Grant No. KJ2008A05ZC)Jiangsu Teachers University of Technology Foundation (Grant No. KYY08033)
文摘This paper is devoted to studying the El Nino mechanism of atmospheric physics. The existence and asymptotic estimates of periodic solutions for its model are obtained by employing the technique of upper and lower solution, and using the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61333003 and 61773144
文摘This paper studies the output synchronization problem for a class of networked non-linear multi-agent systems with switching topology and time-varying delays. To synchronize the outputs,a leader is introduced whose connectivity to the followers varies with time, and a novel data-driven consensus protocol based on model free adaptive control is proposed, where the reference input of each follower is designed to be the time-varying average of the neighboring agents＇ outputs. Both the case when the leader is with a prescribed reference input and the case otherwise are considered.The proposed protocol allows for time-varying delays, switching topology, and does not use the agent structure or the dynamics information implicitly or explicitly. Sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the closed-loop stability, and conditions for consensus convergence are obtained, where only a joint spanning tree is required. Numerical simulations and practical experiments are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.
文摘In this paper,ETD3-Padéand ETD4-PadéGalerkin finite element methods are proposed and analyzed for nonlinear delayed convection-diffusion-reaction equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions.An ETD-based RK is used for time integration of the corresponding equation.To overcome a well-known difficulty of numerical instability associated with the computation of the exponential operator,the Padéapproach is used for such an exponential operator approximation,which in turn leads to the corresponding ETD-Padéschemes.An unconditional L^(2) numerical stability is proved for the proposed numerical schemes,under a global Lipshitz continuity assumption.In addition,optimal rate error estimates are provided,which gives the convergence order of O(k^(3)+h^(r))(ETD3-Padé)or O(k^(4)+h^(r))(ETD4-Padé)in the L^(2)norm,respectively.Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed numerical schemes.
