A Modified Exact Linearization Control for Chaotic Oscillators

The control of chaotic oscillations is investigated in this paper. A control methodology, termed input-output linearization, is modified by locally linearizing the nonlinear control law in the small neighborhood of the control goal. Its suitability for controlling chaotic oscillators is analyzed. The forced Duffing oscillator is treated as a numerical example of controlling chaotic motion to a given fixed point and a given period-2 motion. The control signals and time needed to achieve the desired goals of the modified method are compared with those of the original method. The robustness of the control law is demonstrated.