The invention relates to the technical field of network synchronization, and discloses a
quaternion numerical
memristor neural network quasi-bipartite synchronization-based image
encryption method, which comprises the following steps of: representing a topological structure of a non-
structural balance quaternion numerical
memristor neural network by adopting a signed graph to obtain a corresponding network topological structure graph; decomposing each network topological
structure diagram into a first topological
structure diagram with a balanced structure and a second topological
structure diagram with a non-balanced structure according to a
Laplacian matrix with a symbolic diagram; according to the first topological structure diagram and the second topological structure diagram, adopting a
quaternion matrix 1-norm method or a
quaternion matrix 1-measurement method to obtain a judgment criterion and a stable condition for the quaternion numerical
memristor neural network to achieve quasi-bipartite synchronization; and encrypting and decrypting a
color image represented by quaternions by taking the state of a leader node in the
quaternary numerical memristor neural network before the
quaternary numerical memristor neural network reaches quasi-bipartite synchronization as an
encryption key and the state of the leader node after the
quaternary numerical memristor neural network reaches quasi-bipartite synchronization as a decryption key.