On the formation of collapsed superdense nuclei in the universe

The possibility of the production of putative superdense nuclei (SDNs) in the universe is studied with the assumption that the SDNs can certainly be formed when nucleons are compressed over some critical density. Possible nuclear astrophysical processes for SDN production taking place in the early big-bang universe, in interstellar space and in ejection from neutron stars are investigated. It is found that the SDNs cannot be produced at all in a hot universe regardless of the properties of SDNs. The situation that would occur in a cold universe is also discussed. A finite amount of SDNs is found to be formed in interstellar space as the product of high-energy reactions between primary cosmic rays and interstellar matter. It also becomes clear that the astration of SDNs thus formed plays no essential role for the enhancement of the number of SDNs. On the other hand, the SDNs originating from neutron stars are estimated to have a cosmic abundance relative to Si as high as 8 × 10^?8??5, which is, apparently, in contradiction with observations. Some implications of this are discussed.     

Impulsive synchronization of chaotic Lur'e systems via partial states

In this Letter, the problem of impulsive synchronization of two identical Lur'e systems via partial states is studied. The problem arises in the situation when only partial states of the driven systems are available. By using the method of the variation of parameters for linear impulsive systems and some analysis technique, a sufficient condition for the existence of the impulsive control law for synchronization via partial states is derived. The sufficient condition is given in terms of linear matrix inequalities concerning the interconnection matrices. By using this result, we propose a new impulsive synchronization scheme for a class of Lur'e systems. The new impulsive synchronization scheme only exerts the impulsive input on partial states of the driven system and is characterized by a set of conditions related to the impulsive interval bound, the impulsive magnitude and a coupling condition between them. The proposed impulsive synchronization method is illustrated through Chua's circuit.     

Exponential networked synchronization of master-slave chaotic systems with time-varying communication topologies

The networked synchronization problem of a class of master-slave chaotic systems with time-varying communication topologies is investigated in this paper. Based on algebraic graph theory and matrix theory, a simple linear state feedback controller is designed to synchronize the master chaotic system and the slave chaotic systems with a time- varying communication topology connection. The exponential stability of the closed-loop networked synchronization error system is guaranteed by applying Lyapunov stability theory. The derived novel criteria are in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which are easy to examine and tremendously reduce the computation burden from the feedback matrices. This paper provides an alternative networked secure communication scheme which can be extended conveniently. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed networked synchronization method.     

Breaking chaotic shift key communication via adaptive key identification

This paper proposes an adaptive parameter identification method for breaking chaotic shift key communication from the transmitted signal in public channel. The sensitive dependence property of chaos on parameter mismatch is used for chaos adaptive synchronization and parameter identification. An index function about the synchronization error is defined and conjugate gradient method is used to minimize the index function and to search the transmitter's parameter (key). By using proposed method, secure key is recovered from transmitted signal generated by low dimensional chaos and hyper chaos switching communication. Multi-parameters can also be identified from the transmitted signal with noise.     

Output regulation for linear multi-agent systems with unmeasurable nodes

The output regulation of linear multi-agent systems with partial unmeasurable agents is investigated in this paper. All the agents except the exosystem can be classified into two groups. Agents in the first group can be measured by themselves and their neighbors. State variables are not fully accessible for direct communication and full order Luenberger observers are constructed for the unmeasurable agents. We give a state feedback control law to solve the output regulation problem under the communication topologies based on both measurable and unmeasurable agents. The heterogeneous agents’ synchronization problem is a general case of our results. Finally, examples are utilized to show the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Leader-following formation control of multi-agent networks based on distributed observers

To investigate the leader-following formation control, in this paper we present the design problem of control protocols and distributed observers under which the agents can achieve and maintain the desired formation from any initial states, while the velocity converges to that of the virtual leader whose velocity cannot be measured by agents in real time. The two cases of switching topologies without communication delay and fixed topology with time-varying communication delay are both considered for multi-agent networks. By using the Lyapunov stability theory, the issue of stability is analysed for multi-agent systems with switching topologies. Then, by considering the time-varying communication delay, the sufficient condition is proposed for the multi-agent systems with fixed topology. Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed leader-following formation control protocols.     

Dynamical noise filter and conditional entropy analysis in chaos synchronization

It is shown that, in a chaotic synchronization system whose driving signal is exposed to channel noise, the estimation of the drive system states can be greatly improved by applying the dynamical noise filtering to the response system states. If the noise is bounded in a certain range, the estimation errors, i.e., the difference between the filtered responding states and the driving states, can be made arbitrarily small. This property can be used in designing an alternative digital communication scheme. An analysis based on the conditional entropy justifies the application of dynamical noise filtering in generating quality synchronization.     

Adaptive synchronization of a switching system and its applications to secure communications

This paper studies the adaptive synchronization of a switching system with unknown parameters which switches between the R?ssler system and a unified chaotic system. Using the Lyapunov stability theory and adaptive control method, the receiver system will achieve synchronization with the drive system and the unknown parameters would be estimated by the receiver. Then the proposed switching system is used for secure communications based on the communication schemes including chaotic masking, chaotic modulation, and chaotic shift key strategies. Since the system switches between two chaotic systems and the parameters are almost unknown, it is more difficult for the intruder to extract the useful message from the transmission channel. In addition, two new schemes in which the chaotic signal used to mask (or modulate) the transmitted signal switches between two components of a chaotic system are also presented. Finally, some simulation results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed communication schemes.     

Generalized projective synchronization between two chaotic gyros with nonlinear damping

In this paper, the chaotic generalized projective synchronization of a controlled, noised gyro with an expected gyro is investigated by a simple control law. Based on the theory of discontinuous dynamical systems, the necessary and sufficient conditions for such a synchronization are achieved. From such conditions, non-synchronization, partial and full synchronizations between the two coupled gyros are discussed. The switching scenarios between desynchronized and synchronized states of the two dynamical systems are shown. Numerical simulations are illustrated to verify the effectiveness of this method.     

Distributed optimization for discrete-time multiagent systems with nonconvex control input constraints and switching topologies

This paper addresses the distributed optimization problem of discrete-time multiagent systems with nonconvex control input constraints and switching topologies. We introduce a novel distributed optimization algorithm with a switching mechanism to guarantee that all agents eventually converge to an optimal solution point, while their control inputs are constrained in their own nonconvex region. It is worth noting that the mechanism is performed to tackle the coexistence of the nonconvex constraint operator and the optimization gradient term. Based on the dynamic transformation technique, the original nonlinear dynamic system is transformed into an equivalent one with a nonlinear error term. By utilizing the nonnegative matrix theory, it is shown that the optimization problem can be solved when the union of switching communication graphs is jointly strongly connected. Finally, a numerical simulation example is used to demonstrate the acquired theoretical results.     

Adaptive population-based multi-objective optimization in SDN controllers for cost optimization

In Wireless Sensor Networks, Software Defined Networks (SDN) provide a logically centralized control plane as a potential means of streamlining network management (WSNs). The employment of several SDN controllers to build a physically distributed SDN is a common tactic to boost speed, expand scalability, and offer fault tolerance. However, the deployment of many controllers results in increased synchronization and deployment expenses. Therefore, selecting the optimal location for SDN controllers to improve WSN performance is a research issue. In this paper, the multi-objective optimization problem known as the controller placement problem (CPP) is initially formulated. Cost, time, and reliability are just a few of the restraints that are taken into consideration in this regard. In addition, a new Adaptive Population-Based Cuckoo Optimization (APB-CO) for optimal controller placement is implemented. In the end, APB-CO performs experiments to validate the efficacy by analyzing Sync (7.5), Coverage (47), Controller Cost (4.8), and Fitness (0.6983) for the 100th node variation at network 1. The proposed model obtained the controller cost as 34.4, compared to the existing method such as Simulated Annealing (44.3) and Greedy Approach (42.6).     

Two Schemes for Probabilistic Remote Preparation of a Four-Particle Entangled Cluster-Type State

Using partial entangled states as the quantum channel, two schemes for probabilistic remote preparation of the four-particle cluster-type state with real and complex coefficients are presented. In the first scheme, the sender and the receiver share two partial Bell states and one partial three-qubit GHZ stats as the quantum channel, and the sender can help a remote receiver to prepare a four-particle entangled cluster-type state by using three-qubit projective measurements with certain probability. In the second scheme, the quantum channel is composed of two partial three-qubit GHZ states, the remote state preparation （RSP） can be successfully realized via the positive operator valued measure （POVM）, and the two-particle projective measurements are also needed in this process. The total success probability and classical communication cost are calculated.     

深海远程正交频分复用水声通信簇约束的分布式 压缩感知信道估计*

在深海远程正交频分复用(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,OFDM)水声通信中,信道时延较长,导致信道频率选择性衰落严重,传统的压缩感知信道估计算法性能大幅下降。为此,本文利用深海远程信道在一定时间内具有相关性并呈较稳定簇状分布的特点,在分布式压缩感知信道估计中引入簇区域信息,进行簇约束的多数据块联合稀疏信道估计,提出一种簇约束的分布式压缩感知信道估计方法,并在深海开展了定点远程水声通信实验进行验证,实验结果表明,与传统的分布式压缩感知信道估计算法相比,本方法的能够降低50%左右的误码率。     

Probabilistic Teleportation of an Arbitrary Three-Level Two-Particle State and Classical Communication Cost

We propose a scheme to probabilistically teleport an unknown arbitrary three-level two-particle state by using two partial entangled two-particle states of three-level as the quantum channel. The classical communication cost required in the ideal probabilistic teleportation process is also calculated. This scheme can be directly generalized to teleport an unknown and arbitrary three-level K-particle state by using K partial entangled two-particle states of three-level as the quantum channel.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of an Arbitrary Three-Level Two-Particle State and Classical Communication Cost

We propose a scheme to probabilistically teleport an unknown arbitrary three-level two-particle state by using two partial entangled two-particle states of three-level as the quantum channel. The classical communication cost required in the ideal probabilistic teleportation process is also calculated. This scheme can be directly generalized to teleport an unknown and arbitrary three-level K-particle state by using K partial entangled two-particle states of three-level as the quantum channel.     

A Lie algebraic condition for exponential stability of discrete hybrid systems and application to hybrid synchronization

A Lie algebraic condition for global exponential stability of linear discrete switched impulsive systems is presented in this paper. By considering a Lie algebra generated by all subsystem matrices and impulsive matrices, when not all of these matrices are Schur stable, we derive new criteria for global exponential stability of linear discrete switched impulsive systems. Moreover, simple sufficient conditions in terms of Lie algebra are established for the synchronization of nonlinear discrete systems using a hybrid switching and impulsive control. As an application, discrete chaotic system's synchronization is investigated by the proposed method.     

Voltage-controllable wavelength-selective optical switching based on multiply cascaded long-period fiber gratings

A novel wavelength-selective optical switching device based on multiply cascaded long-period fiber gratings is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The on and off states of each channel in the optical switching device can be effectively switched by voltage-controllable coil heaters. The device has advantages of multichannel operation, multiwavelength selectivity, and bandwidth controllability. It can be useful for applications in multiwavelength operational signal gating, optical switching devices, routers, and multiplexers in optical communication systems.     

Impulsive synchronization of networked nonlinear dynamical systems

In this Letter, we investigate the problem of impulsive synchronization of networked multi-agent systems, where each agent can be modeled as an identical nonlinear dynamical system. Firstly, an impulsive control protocol is designed for network with fixed topology based on the local information of agents. Then sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the synchronization of the networked nonlinear dynamical system by using algebraic graph theory and impulsive control theory. Furthermore, how to select the discrete instants and impulsive constants is discussed. The case that the topologies of the networks are switching is also considered. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of our theoretical results.     

Adaptive pinning synchronization in fractional-order complex dynamical networks

Synchronization of general complex dynamical networks with fractional-order dynamical nodes is addressed in this paper. Based on the stability theory of fractional-order differential systems and adaptive pinning control, some sufficient local asymptotical synchronization criteria and global asymptotical ones are derived respectively, which succeed in solving the problem about how many nodes are need to be controlled and how much coupling strength should be applied to ensure the synchronization of the entire fractional-order networks. The obtained results are more general and effective than those reported. Moreover, the coupling-configuration matrices and the inner-coupling matrices are not assumed to be symmetric and irreducible. Finally, a numerical simulation is presented to demonstrate the validity and feasibility of the proposed synchronization criteria.