Generalized function projective (lag, anticipated and complete) synchronization between two different complex networks with nonidentical nodes

Generalized function projective (lag, anticipated and complete) synchronization between two different complex networks with nonidentical nodes is investigated in this paper. Based on Barbalat’s lemma, some sufficient synchronization criteria are derived by applying the nonlinear feedback control. Although previous work studied function projective synchronization on complex dynamical networks, the dynamics of the nodes are coupled partially linear chaotic systems. In our work, the dynamics of the nodes of the complex networks are any chaotic systems without the limitation of the partial linearity. In addition, each network can be undirected or directed, connected or disconnected, and nodes in either network may have identical or different dynamics. The proposed strategy is applicable to almost all kinds of complex networks. Numerical simulations further verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed synchronization method. Numeric evidence shows that the synchronization rate is sensitively influenced by the feedback strength, the time delay, the network size and the network topological structure.     

Observer-based lag synchronization between two different complex networks

In this paper, some new criteria for lag synchronization between two or more complex networks are proposed based on the theory of state observer. Some adaptive controllers are designed to make the drive and response systems achieve lag synchronization, no matter whether the nodes in the two systems are with the same dynamical character or the coupling configuration matrices are nonidentical. In addition, based on the output coupling, the amount of coupling variables between two connected nodes is flexible, which can save a lot of channel resources, simplify the network topology and has more significant meanings in engineering applications. At last, the effects of the lag synchronization criteria are verified through some simulation experiments.     

Synchronization analysis of networks with both delayed and non-delayed couplings via adaptive pinning control method

In this paper, simple controllers are designed to realize the synchronization of complex networks with time delays, in which the coupling configuration matrix and inner coupling matrix are not restricted to be symmetric matrix. Several adaptive synchronization criteria are obtained based on Lyapunov stability theory. These criteria relay on the coupling strength and the number of nodes pinning to the networks. For a given complex dynamical network with both delayed and non-delayed couplings, we give the minimum number of controllers under which synchronization can be achieved. One example shows the effectiveness of the proposed pinning adaptive controller.     

Lag projective synchronization of a class of complex network constituted nodes with chaotic behavior

In this paper, a method of the lag projective synchronization of a class of complex network constituted nodes with chaotic behavior is proposed. Discrete chaotic systems are taken as nodes to constitute a complex network and the topological structure of the network can be arbitrary. Considering that the lag effect between network node and chaos signal of target system, the control input of the network and the identification law of adjustment parameters are designed based on Lyapunov theorem. The synchronization criteria are easily verified.     

Function projective synchronization in drive-response dynamical networks with non-identical nodes

This paper investigates the problem of function projective synchronization (FPS) in drive-response dynamical networks (DRDNs) with non-identical nodes. Based on the adaptive open-plus-closed-loop (AOPCL) method, a general method of function projective synchronization is derived, which is robust to limited accuracy of data and effects of noise. Corresponding numerical simulations on the Lorenz system are performed to verify and illustrate the analytical results.     

Projective synchronization with different scale factors in a driven–response complex network and its application in image encryption

We study projective (anticipatory, exact and lag) synchronization of time-delayed chaotic systems in a driven–response complex network (DRCN), where the nodes are not partially linear and the scale factors are different from each other. Two synchronization criteria are presented; the first is easy to satisfy with simple limitation and the second relaxes the previous limitation and can be executed only by adding a simple linear feedback control to every node. As a special case, projective synchronization in a DRCN without time delay is analyzed by using a different method. The corresponding synchronization criterion is given, which can be realized by adopting single-node adaptive control. This paper extends previous work, where the nodes of the DRCN are partially linear, there is limitation of the coupling matrix or the scale factors of the nodes are all equal. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization criteria. Due to the complexity of the different scale factors, we select the chaotic data from the DRCN presented in this paper and apply the data selected in image encryption. Simulation results show that our method is efficient with a large key space, high sensitivity to initial conditions and high speed.     

Pinning impulsive synchronization of complex dynamical networks with various time-varying delay sizes

This paper studies the pinning impulsive synchronization problem for a class of complex dynamical networks with time-varying delay. By applying the Lyapunov stability theory and mathematical analysis technique, sufficient verifiable criterion for the synchronization of delayed complex dynamical networks with small delay is derived analytically. It is shown that synchronization can be achieved by only impulsively controlling a small fraction of network nodes. Moreover, a novel sufficient condition is constructed to relax the restrictions on the size of time-delay and guarantee the synchronization of concerned networks with large delay. Two numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Outer synchronization between two hybrid‐coupled delayed dynamical networks via aperiodically adaptive intermittent pinning control

This article is concerned with the problem of pinning outer synchronization between two complex delayed dynamical networks via adaptive intermittent control. At first, a general model of hybrid‐coupled dynamical network with time‐varying internal delay and time‐varying coupling delay is given. Then, an aperiodically adaptive intermittent pinning‐control strategy is introduced to drive two such delayed dynamical networks to achieve outer synchronization. Some sufficient conditions to guarantee global outer‐synchronization are derived by constructing a novel piecewise Lyapunov function and utilizing stability analytical method. Moreover, a simple pinned‐node selection scheme determining what kinds of nodes should be pinned first is provided. It is noted that the adaptive pinning control type is aperiodically intermittent, where both control period and control width are non‐fixed. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the validity of the theoretical results. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 593–605, 2016     

Function projective synchronization in complex dynamical networks with time delay via hybrid feedback control

This paper investigates the problem of function projective synchronization for general complex dynamical networks with time delay. A hybrid feedback control method is designed to achieve function projective synchronization for complex dynamical networks, one with constant time delay and one with time-varying coupling delay. Numerical examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

具有时滞和非时滞耦合的复杂动态网络的自适应同步

对于同时具有时滞耦合和非时滞耦合的复杂动态网络,以时滞动力系统的稳定性理论为基础,设计了全新的自适应控制器,同时给出了一些简单而又一般的网络同步化准则.对由三个节点组成的动态网络的同步化进行了数值模拟,使得理论分析与数值模拟得到了相互验证.     

Robust adaptive synchronization of uncertain complex networks with multiple time‐varying coupled delays

In this article, the synchronization problem of uncertain complex networks with multiple coupled time‐varying delays is studied. The synchronization criterion is deduced for complex dynamical networks with multiple different time‐varying coupling delays and uncertainties, based on Lyapunov stability theory and robust adaptive principle. By designing suitable robust adaptive synchronization controllers that have strong robustness against the uncertainties in coupling matrices, the all nodes states of complex networks globally asymptotically synchronize to a desired synchronization state. The numerical simulations are given to show the feasibility and effectiveness of theoretical results. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 20: 62–73, 2015     

Adaptive lag synchronization for uncertain complex dynamical network with delayed coupling

This paper proposes an adaptive control method to achieve the lag synchronization between uncertain complex dynamical network having delayed coupling and a non-identical reference node. Unknown parameters of both the network and reference node are estimated by adaptive laws obtained by Lyapunov stability theory. With the estimated parameters, the proposed method guarantees the globally asymptotical synchronization of the network in spite of unknown bounded disturbances. The effectiveness of our work is verified through a numerical example and simulation.     

Generalized outer synchronization between non-dissipatively coupled complex networks with different-dimensional nodes

This paper investigates the generalized outer synchronization (GOS) between two non-dissipatively coupled complex dynamical networks (CDNs) with different time-varying coupling delays. Our drive-response networks also possess nonlinear inner coupling functions and time-varying outer coupling configuration matrices. Besides, in our network models, the nodes in the same network are nonidentical and the nodes in different networks have different state dimensions. Asymptotic generalized outer synchronization (AGOS) and exponential generalized outer synchronization (EGOS) are defined for our CDNs. Our main objective in this paper is to design AGOS and EGOS controllers for our drive-response networks via the open-plus-closed-loop control technique. Distinguished from most existing literatures, it is the partial intrinsic dynamics of each node in response network that is restricted by the QUAD condition, which is easy to be satisfied. Representative simulation examples are given to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of our GOS theoretical results in this paper.     

具有变时滞耦合部分非恒定节点复杂网络的同步(英文)

主要研究了带有时变耦合部分且非恒定节点含有变时滞复杂网络的同步问题.利用Lyapunov函数理论,设计有效的控制函数并获得一些简单的同步准则,使得属于不同簇的复杂网络能同步到任意光滑的状态.最后给以一数值仿真的例子验证了该理论的有效性.     

Adaptive linear generalized synchronization between two nonidentical networks

In this paper, the linear generalized synchronization between two nonidentical complex dynamical networks is investigated. Both non-delay and delay-coupled complex dynamical networks are studied. By designing effective adaptive controllers, the linear generalized synchronization between two networks with identical and nonidentical topological structures can realize. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is proved in theory and illustrative examples are presented to demonstrate the application of the theoretical results.     

Adaptive synchronization of drive-response fractional-order complex dynamical networks with uncertain parameters

This paper investigates the adaptive synchronization in the drive-response fractional-order dynamical networks with uncertain parameters. By means of both the stability theory of fractional-order differential system and the adaptive control technique, a novel adaptive synchronization controller is developed with a more general and simpler analytical expression, which does not contain the parameters of the complex network, and effective adaptive laws of parameters. Furthermore, the very strong and conservative uniformly Lipschitz condition on the node dynamics of complex network is released. To demonstrate the validity of the proposed method, the examples for the synchronization of systems with the chaotic and hyper-chaotic node dynamics are presented.     

Impulsive synchronization seeking in general complex delayed dynamical networks

The present paper investigates the issues of impulsive synchronization seeking in general complex delayed dynamical networks with nonsymmetrical coupling. By establishing the extended Halanay differential inequality on impulsive delayed dynamical systems, some simple yet generic sufficient conditions for global exponential synchronization of the impulsive controlled delayed dynamical networks are derived analytically. Compared with some existing works, the distinctive features of these sufficient conditions indicate two aspects: on the one hand, these sufficient conditions can provide an effective impulsive control scheme to synchronize an arbitrary given delayed dynamical network to a desired synchronization state even if the original given network may be asynchronous itself. On the other hand, the controlled synchronization state can be selected as a weighted average of all the states in the network for the purpose of practical control strategy, which reveals the contributions and influences of various nodes in synchronization seeking processes of the dynamical networks. It is shown that impulses play an important role in making the delayed dynamical networks globally exponentially synchronized. Furthermore, the results are applied to a typical nearest-neighbor unidirectional time-delay coupled networks composed of chaotic FHN neuron oscillators, and numerical simulations are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control methodology.     

Lag synchronization of complex networks via pinning control

This paper mainly investigates the lag synchronization of complex networks via pinning control. Without assuming the symmetry and irreducibility of the coupling matrix, sufficient conditions of lag synchronization are obtained by adding controllers to a part of nodes. Particularly, the following two questions are solved: (1) How many controllers are needed to pin a coupled complex network to a homogeneous solution? (2) How should we distribute these controllers? Finally, a simple example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theory.     

Adaptive cluster synchronization in networks with time-varying and distributed coupling delays

This paper studies the adaptive cluster synchronization of a generalized linearly coupled network with time-varying delay and distributed delays. This network includes nonidentical nodes displaying different local dynamical behaviors, while for each cluster of that network the internal dynamics is uniform (such as chaotic, periodic, or stable behavior). In particular, the generalized coupling matrix of this network can be asymmetric and weighted. Two different adaptive laws of time-varying coupling strength and a linear feedback control are designed to achieve the cluster synchronization of this network. Some sufficient conditions to ensure the cluster synchronization are obtained by using the invariant principle of functional differential equations and linear matrix inequality (LMI). Numerical simulations verify the efficiency of our proposed adaptive control method.     

Robust synchronization for stochastic delayed complex networks with switching topology and unmodeled dynamics via adaptive control approach

In this paper, the robust synchronization problem for a class of stochastic delayed complex networks with switching topology and unmodeled dynamics is investigated by using the adaptive control scheme. Different from some existing uncertain complex network models, the uncertain terms in the complex networks are only needed to be bounded. Based on the stability theory of stochastic delayed differential equation, a novel adaptive controller which ensures that all the nodes in the complex networks robustly synchronize with the target node is derived. Finally, a numerical example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.