Collective stochastic resonance behavior in the globally coupled fractional oscillator

This paper investigates the exponential synchronization of chaotic Lur’e systems (CLSs) with time-varying communication delays through event-triggered sampling control. Specially, first, a discrete event-triggered sampling control scheme, which only sends necessary sampling signal through the network, is designed for CLSs. By using this controller, the number of control updates could greatly reduce. Second, by getting utmost out of the usable information on the actual sampling pattern, some new sawtooth structure terms are introduced in the constructed Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF). It is worth mentioning that, different from some existing results to restrict the LKF to be positive define on the whole sampling intervals, the LKF is positive definite only needing at sampling times thanks to the use of the new inequality in Lemma 1. Third, less conservative synchronization criteria are established and the desired control gain matrix is obtained. Finally, two Chua’s circuit numerical simulations are presented to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Analyzing projective synchronization on different scaling factors in a drive-response coupling dynamical network with time-varying delays

In this paper, projective synchronization of drive-response coupled dynamical network with delayed system nodes and coupling time-varying delay is investigated via impulsive control, where the scaling factors are different from each other. Different controllers are designed to achieve the projective synchronization: only impulsive control is used when the scaling factors need extra limitation, while an extra controller, that is, a simple linear feedback controller, is added when the scaling factors don??t need extra limitation. Based on the stability analysis of the impulsive functional differential equation, the sufficient conditions for achieving projective synchronization of such coupled network are established, and an estimate of the upper bound of impulsive intervals ensuring global exponential synchronization of drive-response coupled dynamical network is also given. Numerical examples on the time-delay Lorenz chaotic systems are presented finally to illustrate the effectiveness and advantage of the proposed synchronization criteria.     

Adaptive synchronization of T-S fuzzy complex networks with time-varying delays via the pinning control method

In this paper, the synchronization of Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy complex networks with time-varying delays and adaptive coupling weights is studied. Using the pinning control and adaptive feedback strategy, a new general class of complex networks with fuzzy logic is proposed and its synchronization is investigated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The adaptive update law of coupling weight is only related to the dynamical behaviors of directly connected nodes. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, it is proven that the synchronization of the addressed network can be achieved under those control strategies. Finally, two numerical examples are given to verify the effectiveness of our theoretical results.     

Synchronization analysis of directed complex networks with time-delayed dynamical nodes and impulsive effects

In this paper, the effect of impulses on the synchronization of a class of general delayed dynamical networks is analyzed. The network topology is assumed to be directed and weakly connected with a spanning tree. Two types of impulses occurred in the states of nodes are considered: (i) synchronizing impulses meaning that they can enhance the synchronization of dynamical networks; and (ii) desynchronizing impulses defined as the impulsive effects can suppress the synchronization of dynamical networks. For each type of impulses, some novel and less conservative globally exponential synchronization criteria are derived by using the concept of average impulsive interval and the comparison principle. It is shown that the derived criteria are closely related with impulse strengths, average impulsive interval, and topology structure of the networks. The obtained results not only can provide an effective impulsive control strategy to synchronize an arbitrary given delayed dynamical network even if the original network may be asynchronous itself but also indicate that under which impulsive perturbations globally exponential synchronization of the underlying delayed dynamical networks can be preserved. Numerical simulations are finally given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Generalized synchronization of spatiotemporal chaos in a weighted complex network

The nodes of the network are composed of the spatiotemporal chaos systems. The relations between the nodes are built through a weighted connection and the nonlinear terms of the chaos systems themselves are taken as coupling functions. The structure of the coupling functions between the connected nodes and the range of the control gain are obtained based on Lyapunov stability theory. It is proven that generalized chaos synchronization of the weight complex network can be realized even if the coupling strength between the nodes is adopted as any weight value. Subsequently, the catalytic reaction diffusion system which has spatiotemporal chaos behavior is taken as example, and simulation results show the effectiveness of the synchronization principle.     

Study on spatiotemporal chaos tracking synchronization of a class of complex network

Spatiotemporal chaos tracking synchronization of a class of complex network is studied. The structure of the coupling functions between connected nodes of the network and the range of the linear coefficient of separated configuration in the state equation of the node are obtained based on the extended Milosavljevic control law. Each node of the network is a unilateral coupled map lattice in which a square map with an exponential term constructed by extending the logistic map is taken as the local function, and simulation results show the effectiveness of the tracking synchronization principle.     

Active coupling and its circuitry designs of chaotic systems against deteriorated and delayed networks

This paper is concerned with the problem of asymptotic synchronization of a class of chaotic systems in the presence of network deterioration and time-varying delays. Based on adaptive adjustment technique and circuitry principle, a new version of the active coupling as well as its circuit realization is proposed. Then, an approach that is based on application of Lyapunov stability theory for the synchronization error system is introduced to prove the asymptotic synchronization result of the overall chaotic system. Moreover, a condition which denotes that at least one coupling will not be deteriorated for synchronization of the network is provided in the paper. It is shown that, without control inputs, the result can also be established for the deteriorated coupling networks and any time-varying bounded delay under the topological structure satisfying the condition. Finally, the proposed active couplings are physically implemented by circuits and tested by simulation on a Chua??s circuit network.     

Robust synchronization of arrays of uncertain nonlinear second-order dynamical systems

A technique to synchronize arrays of dynamical systems is presented. The arrays are formed by uncertain nonlinear second-order systems, called nodes, where only the generalized position is available. The synchronization technique can be applied to many array topologies where the connections can be unidirectional or bidirectional with different weights; this produces a connection matrix that it is not necessarily symmetric. The design of the coupling signals is based on a robust discontinuous controller and on an exact deriver that estimates the velocity of each node. We present experimental results to illustrate the performance of the synchronization technique.     

Full- and reduced-order synchronization of a class of time-varying systems containing uncertainties

Investigation on chaos synchronization of autonomous dynamical systems has been largely reported in the literature. However, synchronization of time-varying, or nonautonomous, uncertain dynamical systems has received less attention. The present contribution addresses full- and reduced-order synchronization of a class of nonlinear time-varying chaotic systems containing uncertain parameters. A unified framework is established for both the full-order synchronization between two completely identical time-varying uncertain systems and the reduced-order synchronization between two strictly different time-varying uncertain systems. The synchronization is successfully achieved by adjusting the determined algorithms for the estimates of unknown parameters and the linear feedback gain, which is rigorously proved by means of the Lyapunov stability theorem for nonautonomous differential equations together with Barbalat’s lemma. Moreover, the synchronization result is robust against the disturbance of noise. We illustrate the applicability for full-order synchronization using two identical parametrically driven pendulum oscillators and for reduced-order synchronization using the parametrically driven second-order pendulum oscillator and an additionally driven third-order Rossler oscillator.     

Synchronization error bound of chaotic delayed neural networks

Synchronization of master–slave chaotic neural networks are well studied through asymptotic and exponential stability of error dynamics. Besides qualitative properties of error dynamics, there is a need to quantify the error in real-time experiments especially in secure communication system. In this article, we focused on quantitative analysis of error dynamics by finding the exact analytical error bound for the synchronization of delayed neural networks. Using the Halanay inequality, the error bound is going to be obtained in terms of exponential of given system parameters and delay. The time-varying coupling delay has been considered in the neural networks which does not require any restrictive condition on the derivative of the delay. The proposed method can also be applied to find error bound for state estimation problem. The analytical synchronization bound has been corroborated by two examples.     

Synchronization in a fractional-order dynamic network with uncertain parameters using an adaptive control strategy

This paper studies synchronization of all nodes in a fractional-order complex dynamic network. An adaptive control strategy for synchronizing a dynamic network is proposed. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, this paper shows that tracking errors of all nodes in a fractional-order complex network converge to zero. This simple yet practical scheme can be used in many networks such as small-world networks and scale-free networks. Unlike the existing methods which assume the coupling configuration among the nodes of the network with diffusivity, symmetry, balance, or irreducibility, in this case, these assumptions are unnecessary, and the proposed adaptive strategy is more feasible. Two examples are presented to illustrate effectiveness of the proposed method.     

On pinning synchronization of general coupled networks

The synchronization in general coupled networks subjected to pinning control is investigated. Some generic stability criteria based on the Lyapunov approach are derived for such general controlled networks, which guarantee that the whole network can be pinned to a synchronization state by placing feedback control on only a small fraction of nodes. A real network of television audience flows across 28 satellite channels in China and a representative BA scale-free network composed of chaotic systems are shown, respectively, for illustration and verification. It is found that pinning stability can be improved via increasing pinning density and/or pinning strength for complete diagonal inner coupling.     

Pinning adaptive synchronization of complex dynamical network with multi-links

Networks with multi-links are universal in the real world such as communication networks, transport networks, and social networks. It is important for us to investigate the control of complex dynamical network with multi-links. In this paper, both local and global stabilities of dynamical network with multi-links are analyzed by applying adaptive control theory and mathematical tools, and some new criteria are proposed to ensure the pinning synchronization. We find that the number of pinned nodes satisfies an inequality for synchronization. Additionally, we solve the problem of how much the coupling strength we need to achieve network synchronization with one pinned node in the network system with multi-links. Finally, numerical examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

复杂动态网络控制研究进展

研究复杂网络结构性质与模型的主要目的之一就是为了了解网络结构与网络功能之间的关系,并在此基础上考虑改善网络性能的有效途径.综述了近年关于利用分布式控制的方法使得一个动态网络具有期望行为的一些研究进展.对于具有固定和连通的拓扑结构的复杂动态网络,牵制控制策略的有效性与网络拓扑密切相关.综述了牵制控制的可行性、稳定性分析以及控制策略比较研究. 另一方面,对于具有时变拓扑结构的动态网络的控制,着重综述了移动多自主体网络系统的蜂拥控制,并特别阐述了如何把牵制控制的思想用于蜂拥控制.      

Adaptive synchronization of an uncertain coupling complex network with time-delay

This paper proposes a new complex dynamical network model, in which the nodes are coupled with time-delay, and the inner coupling matrices are with uncertain forms. This model can describe the real world more realistically and can be widely used in practical engineering application. Synchronization in the proposed network model is analyzed by the Lyapunov stability theory and some adaptive controllers are designed to ensure that the proposed network achieve local and global synchronization, respectively. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations fully verify the main results.     

Adaptive exponential cluster synchronization in colored community networks via aperiodically intermittent pinning control

This paper investigates the problem of pinning cluster synchronization for colored community networks via adaptive aperiodically intermittent control. Firstly, a general colored community network model is proposed, where the isolated nodes can interact through different kinds of connections in different communities and the interactions between different pair of communities can also be different, and moreover, the nodes in different communities can have different state dimensions. Then, an adaptive aperiodically intermittent control strategy combined with pinning scheme is developed to realize cluster synchronization of such colored community network. By introducing a novel piecewise continuous auxiliary function, some globally exponential cluster synchronization criteria are rigorously derived according to Lyapunov stability theory and piecewise analysis approach. Based on the derived criteria, a guideline to illustrate which nodes in each community should be preferentially pinned is given. It is noted that the adaptive intermittent pinning control is aperiodic, in which both control width and control period are allowed to be variable. Finally, a numerical example is provided to show the effectiveness of the theoretical results obtained.     

Integral-based event-triggered synchronization criteria for chaotic Lur’e systems with networked PD control

Integral-based event-triggered synchronization criteria are firstly presented for networked chaotic systems with proportional-derivative (PD) control. The event-triggered scheme effectively utilizes network resources; however, the PD-type control subject to the conventional triggering inequality may cause excessive triggering and have difficulty in obtaining a feasible solution. To solve these problems, the integrated event-triggering inequality is employed and the modified integral inequality with free-weighting matrix is proposed to fill the empty diagonal terms, which overcomes the difficulties of the integration of delayed signal vectors upon integral event-triggering condition. Based on Lyapunov stability, the synchronization criteria are derived as linear matrix inequalities. Finally, the effectiveness of the integral-based event-triggered synchronization method is demonstrated by numerical examples.     

Adaptive synchronization of stochastic neural networks with mixed time delays and reaction–diffusion terms

In this paper, the problem of exponential synchronization is investigated for a class of stochastic perturbed chaotic neural networks with both mixed time delays and reaction?Cdiffusion terms. By employing Lyapunov?CKrasovskii functional and stochastic analysis approaches, an adaptive controller is designed to guarantee the exponential synchronization of proposed neural networks in the mean square. In particular, the mixed time delays in this paper synchronously consist of constant delay in the leakage term (i.e., ??leakage delay??), discrete time-varying delay and distributed time-varying delay which are more general than those discussed in the previous literature. Furthermore, our synchronization criteria are easily verified and do not need to solve any linear matrix inequality. Therefore, the results obtained in this paper generalize and improve those given in the previous literature. Finally, the extensive simulations are performed to show the effectiveness and feasibility of the obtained method.     

Projective synchronization of a class of complex network based on high-order sliding mode control

Projective synchronization of a class of complex networks is investigated using second-order sliding mode control. The sliding surface and the control input are designed based on stability theory. The Burgers system with spatiotemporal chaotic behavior in the physics domain is taken as nodes to constitute the complex network, and the Fisher–Kolmogorov system is taken as the tracking target. The artificial simulation results show that the synchronization technique is effective.     

Adaptive-impulsive projective synchronization of drive-response delayed complex dynamical networks with time-varying coupling

This paper investigates the adaptive-impulsive projective synchronization of drive-response delayed complex dynamical networks with time-varying coupling, in which the weights of links between two connected nodes are time varying. By the stability analysis of the impulsive functional differential equation, the sufficient conditions for achieving projective synchronization are obtained, and a hybrid controller, that is, an adaptive feedback controller with impulsive control effects is designed. The numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and advantage of the proposed synchronization criteria.