A new hyperchaotic system and its synchronization

In this paper, a four-dimensional (4D) continuous autonomous hyperchaotic system is introduced and analyzed. This hyperchaotic system is constructed by adding a linear controller to the 3D autonomous chaotic system with a reverse butterfly-shape attractor. Some of its basic dynamical properties, such as Lyapunov exponents, Poincare section, bifurcation diagram and the periodic orbits evolving into chaotic, hyperchaotic dynamical behavior by varying parameter d are studied. Furthermore, the full state hybrid projective synchronization (FSHPS) of new hyperchaotic system with unknown parameters including the unknown coefficients of nonlinear terms is studied by using adaptive control. Numerical simulations are presented to show the effective of the proposed chaos synchronization scheme.     

A hyperchaotic system from a chaotic system with one saddle and two stable node-foci

This paper presents a 4D new hyperchaotic system which is constructed by a linear controller to a 3D new chaotic system with one saddle and two stable node-foci. Some complex dynamical behaviors such as ultimate boundedness, chaos and hyperchaos of the simple 4D autonomous system are investigated and analyzed. The corresponding bounded hyperchaotic and chaotic attractor is first numerically verified through investigating phase trajectories, Lyapunove exponents, bifurcation path, analysis of power spectrum and Poincaré projections. Finally, two complete mathematical characterizations for 4D Hopf bifurcation are rigorous derived and studied.     

A hyperchaotic system from the Rabinovich system

This paper presents a new 4D hyperchaotic system which is constructed by a linear controller to the 3D Rabinovich chaotic system. Some complex dynamical behaviors such as boundedness, chaos and hyperchaos of the 4D autonomous system are investigated and analyzed. A theoretical and numerical study indicates that chaos and hyperchaos are produced with the help of a Liénard-like oscillatory motion around a hypersaddle stationary point at the origin. The corresponding bounded hyperchaotic and chaotic attractors are first numerically verified through investigating phase trajectories, Lyapunov exponents, bifurcation path and Poincaré projections. Finally, two complete mathematical characterizations for 4D Hopf bifurcation are rigorously derived and studied.     

A new hyperchaotic system from the Lü system and its control

This paper presents a 4D new hyperchaotic system which is constructed by a linear controller to a 3D Lü system. Some complex dynamical behaviors such as Hopf bifurcation, chaos and hyperchaos of the simple 4D autonomous system are investigated and analyzed. The corresponding hyperchaotic and chaotic attractor is first numerically verified through investigating phase trajectories, Lyapunove exponents, bifurcation path, analysis of power spectrum and Poincaré projections. Furthermore, the design is illustrated with both simulations and experiments. Finally, the control problem of a new hyperchaotic system is investigated using negative feedback control. Ordinary feedback control, dislocated feedback control and speed feedback control are used to suppress hyperchaos to an unstable equilibrium. Numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers.     

Bursting oscillations, bifurcation and synchronization in neuronal systems

This paper investigates bursting oscillations and related bifurcation in the modified Morris-Lecar neuron. It is shown that for some appropriate parameters, the modified Morris-Lecar neuron can exhibit two types of fast-slow bursters, that is “circle/fold cycle” bursting and “subHopf/homoclinic” bursting with class 1 and class 2 neural excitability, which have different neuro-computational properties. By means of the analysis of fast-slow dynamics and phase plane, we explore bifurcation mechanisms associated with the two types of bursters. Furthermore, the properties of some crucial bifurcation points, which can determine the type of the burster, are studied by the stability and bifurcation theory. In addition, we investigate the influence of the coupling strength on synchronization transition and the neural excitability in two electrically coupled bursters with the same bursting type. More interestingly, the multi-time-scale synchronization transition phenomenon is found as the coupling strength varies.     

Multistability and fast-slow analysis for van der Pol–Duffing oscillator with varying exponential delay feedback factor

Time delays are many sources of complex behavior in dynamical systems. Yet its relationship with bursting dynamics needs to be further explored, particularly when the strength of feedback is a nonlinear function of delay. In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of the van der Pol–Duffing fast-slow oscillator controlled by the parametric delay feedback, where the strength of feedback control is a function exponential varying with the time delay. The system may exhibit a unique equilibrium point and three ones for the different parameters by employing the pitchfork bifurcation. Next, the stability-switches and the Hopf bifurcation curves are presented as the delay varies, which leads to the occurrence of novel bursting phenomena. Some weak resonant or non-resonant double Hopf bursting oscillations are presented due to the vanishing of real parts of two pairs of characteristic roots. Not only the magnitude of the time delay itself but also the strength of feedback control may influence the dynamical evolution process of bursting behaviors in the delayed system. Such fast-slow forms about bursting dynamics, as well as classifications about local dynamics are investigated. Furthermore, periodic and quasi-periodic bursting motions are verified in both theoretical and numerical ways.     

Generation of hyperchaos from the Chen–Lee system via sinusoidal perturbation

A system with more than one positive Lyapunov exponent can be classified as a hyperchaotic system. In this study, a sinusoidal perturbation was designed for generating hyperchaos from the Chen–Lee chaotic system. The hyperchaos was identified by the existence of two positive Lyapunov exponents and bifurcation diagrams. The system is hyperchaotic in several different regions of the parameters c, ε, and ω. It was found that this method not only can enhance or suppress chaotic behavior, but also induces chaos in non-chaotic parameter ranges. In addition, two interesting dynamical behaviors, Hopf bifurcation and intermittency, were also found in this study.     

Bursting mechanism in a time-delayed oscillator with slowly varying external forcing

This paper investigates the generation of complex bursting patterns in the Duffing oscillator with time-delayed feedback. We present the bursting patterns, including symmetric fold–fold bursting and symmetric Hopf–Hopf bursting when periodic forcing changes slowly. We make an analysis of the system bifurcations and dynamics as a function of the delayed feedback and the periodic forcing. We calculate the conditions of fold bifurcation and Hopf bifurcation as well as its stability related to external forcing and delay. We also identify two regimes of bursting depending on the magnitude of the delay itself and the strength of time delayed coupling in the model. Our results show that the dynamics of bursters in delayed system are quite different from those in systems without any delay. In particular, delay can be used as a tuning parameter to modulate dynamics of bursting corresponding to the different type. Furthermore, we use transformed phase space analysis to explore the evolution details of the delayed bursting behavior. Also some numerical simulations are included to illustrate the validity of our study.     

Hyperchaotic attractors from a linearly controlled Lorenz system

In this paper, a four-dimensional (4D) continuous-time autonomous hyperchaotic system with only one equilibrium is introduced and analyzed. This hyperchaotic system is constructed by adding a linear controller to the second equation of the 3D Lorenz system. Some complex dynamical behaviors of the hyperchaotic system are investigated, revealing many interesting properties: (i) existence of periodic orbit with two zero Lyapunov exponents; (ii) existence of chaotic orbit with two zero Lyapunov exponents; (iii) chaos depending on initial value $w_0$; (iv) chaos with only one equilibrium; and (v) hyperchaos with only one equilibrium. Finally, two complete mathematical characterizations for 4D Hopf bifurcation are derived and studied.     

Solution and dynamics analysis of a fractional‐order hyperchaotic system

Numerical solution and chaotic behaviors of the fractional‐order simplified Lorenz hyperchaotic system are investigated in this paper. The solution of the fractional‐order hyperchaotic system is obtained by employing Adomian decomposition method. Lyapunov characteristic exponents algorithm for the fractional‐order chaotic system is designed. Dynamics of the fractional‐order hyperchaotic system are analyzed by means of bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov characteristic exponents, C₀ complexity, and chaos diagram. It shows that this system has rich dynamical behaviors, and it is more complex when the fractional order q is small. It lays a foundation for the practical application of the fractional‐order hyperchaotic systems. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The evolution of a novel four-dimensional autonomous system: Among 3-torus, limit cycle, 2-torus, chaos and hyperchaos

In this paper, a novel four-dimensional autonomous system in which each equation contains a quadratic cross-product term is constructed. It exhibits extremely rich dynamical behaviors, including 3-tori (triple tori), 2-tori (quasi-periodic), limit cycles (periodic), chaotic and hyperchaotic attractors. In particular, we observe 3-torus phenomena, which have been rarely reported in four-dimensional autonomous systems in previous work. With the parameter r varying in quite a wide range, the evolution process of the system begins from 3-tori, and after going through a series of periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic attractors in so many different shapes coming into being alternately, it evolves into hyperchaos, finally it degenerates to periodic attractor. Moreover, when the system is hyperchaotic, its two positive Lyapunov exponents are much larger than those of the hyperchaotic systems already reported, especially the largest Lyapunov exponents. We also observe a chaotic attractor of a very special shape. The complex dynamical behaviors of the system are further investigated by means of Lyapunov exponents spectrum, bifurcation diagram and phase portraits.     

Adaptive reduced-order anti-synchronization of chaotic systems with fully unknown parameters

In this paper, we investigate the reduced-order anti-synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems. Based upon the parameters modulation and the adaptive control techniques, we show that dynamical evolution of third-order chaotic system can be anti-synchronized with the canonical projection of a fourth-order chaotic system even though their parameters are unknown. The techniques are successfully applied to two examples: hyperchaotic Lorenz system (fourth-order) and Lorenz system (third-order); Lü hyperchaotic system (fourth-order) and Chen system (third-order). Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations are shown to verify the results.     

Analysis and control of an SEIR epidemic system with nonlinear transmission rate

In this paper, the dynamical behaviors of an SEIR epidemic system governed by differential and algebraic equations with seasonal forcing in transmission rate are studied. The cases of only one varying parameter, two varying parameters and three varying parameters are considered to analyze the dynamical behaviors of the system. For the case of one varying parameter, the periodic, chaotic and hyperchaotic dynamical behaviors are investigated via the bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov exponent spectrum diagram and Poincare section. For the cases of two and three varying parameters, a Lyapunov diagram is applied. A tracking controller is designed to eliminate the hyperchaotic dynamical behavior of the system, such that the disease gradually disappears. In particular, the stability and bifurcation of the system for the case which is the degree of seasonality β₁=0 are considered. Then taking isolation control, the aim of elimination of the disease can be reached. Finally, numerical simulations are given to illustrate the validity of the proposed results.     

Abundant bursting patterns of a fractional-order Morris–Lecar neuron model

In this paper, a fractional-order Morris–Lecar (M–L) neuron model with fast-slow variables is firstly proposed. The fractional-order M–L model is a generalization of the integer-order M–L model with fast-slow variables, where the fractional-order derivative is used to characterize the memory effect and power law of membranes. Then the bursting patterns of the new model are investigated by using the bifurcation theory of fast-slow dynamical systems. Numerical simulation shows that the new model exhibits some bursting patterns that appear in some common neuron models with properly chosen parameters but do not exist in the corresponding integer-order M–L model. Further, on the basis of a comparison of the nonlinear dynamics between the fractional-order M–L model and the integer-order M–L model, we show that the fractional-order derivative can activate the slow potassium ion channel faster and play an important role to modulate the firing activity of the new model.     

Periodic and chaotic dynamics in an asymmetric elastoplastic oscillator

We consider the dynamics of a harmonically forced oscillator with an asymmetric elastic–perfectly plastic stiffness function. The computed bifurcation diagrams for the oscillator show regions of periodic motion, hysteresis and large regions of chaotic motion. These different regions of dynamical behaviour are plotted in a two-dimensional parameter space consisting of forcing amplitude and forcing frequency. Examples of the chaotic motion encountered are shown using a discontinuity crossing map. Comparisons are made with the symmetric oscillator by computing a typical bifurcation diagram and considering previously published results for the symmetric system. From this we conclude that the asymmetric system is dominated by a large region of chaotic motion whereas in the symmetric oscillator period one motion and coexisting period three motion predominates.     

Stability and Hopf bifurcation analysis of novel hyperchaotic system with delayed feedback control

In this article, a novel four dimensional autonomous nonlinear systezm called hyperchaotic Rikitake system is proposed. Basic properties of the new system are investigated and the complex dynamical behaviors, such as time series, bifurcation diagram, and Lyapunov exponents are analyzed by dynamic analysis approaches. To control the new hyperchaotic system, the delayed feedback control is introduced. Regarding the time delay as a bifurcation parameter, stability and bifurcations with respect to time delay are investigated. Conditions assuring the existence of Hopf bifurcation and the distribution of roots to the associated characteristic equation are investigated by utilizing the polynomial theorem. Besides, the Hopf bifurcation is proved to occur when the bifurcation parameter (time delay) crosses through derived critical value. Finally, numerical simulations are provided to prove the consistence with the derived theoretical results. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 180–193, 2016     

Chaos reduced-order anti-synchronization of chaotic systems with fully unknown parameters

In this present paper, we elaborated the concept of the reduced-order anti-synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems. Based upon the parameters modulation and the adaptive control techniques, we show that dynamical evolution of third order chaotic system can be anti-synchronized with the projection of a fourth-order chaotic system even though their parameters are unknown. The techniques are successfully applied to several examples: hyperchaotic Chen system (fourth-order) and Lü system (third-order), theoretical analysis and numerical simulations are shown to verify the results.     

Periodic orbits and chaos in fast-slow systems with Bogdanov-Takens type fold points

The existence of stable periodic orbits and chaotic invariant sets of singularly perturbed problems of fast-slow type having Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation points in its fast subsystem is proved by means of the geometric singular perturbation method and the blow-up method. In particular, the blow-up method is effectively used for analyzing the flow near the Bogdanov-Takens type fold point in order to show that a slow manifold near the fold point is extended along the Boutroux's tritronquée solution of the first Painlevé equation in the blow-up space.     

A new hyperchaotic system and its circuit implementation

In this paper, a new hyperchaotic system is presented by adding a nonlinear controller to the three-dimensional autonomous chaotic system. The generated hyperchaotic system undergoes hyperchaos, chaos, and some different periodic orbits with control parameters changed. The complex dynamic behaviors are verified by means of Lyapunov exponent spectrum, bifurcation analysis, phase portraits and circuit realization. The Multisim results of the hyperchaotic circuit were well agreed with the simulation results.