Impulsive synchronization of a nonlinear coupled complex network with a delay node

We investigate the impulsive synchronization of a nonlinear coupled complex network with a delay node. Both delay coupling and non-delay coupling, as well as the symmetrical coupling matrix and the asymmetrical coupling matrix are considered. Based on the comparison theorem of an impulsive differential system, some novel synchronization criteria are derived. Finally, numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization criteria.     

Impulsive synchronization of a nonlinear coupled complex network with a delay node

We investigate the impulsive synchronization of a nonlinear coupled complex network with a delay node.Both delay coupling and non-delay coupling,as well as the symmetrical coupling matrix and the asymmetrical coupling matrix are considered.Based on the comparison theorem of an impulsive differential system,some novel synchronization criteria are derived.Finally,numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization criteria.     

Synchronization on coupled dynamical networks

In this paper, partial synchronization (PaS) in networks of coupled chaotic oscillator systems and synchronization in sparsely coupled spatiotemporal systems are explored. For the PaS, we reveal that the existence of PaS patterns depends on the symmetry property of the network topology, while the emergence of the PaS pattern depends crucially on the stability of the corresponding solution. An analytical criterion in judging the stability of PaS state on a given network are proposed in terms of a comparison between the Lyapunov exponent spectrum of the PaS manifold and that of the transversal manifold. The competition and selections of the PaS patterns induced by the presence of multiple topological symmetries of the network are studied in terms of the criterion. The phase diagram in distinguishing the synchronous and the asynchronous states is given. The criterion in judging PaS is further applied to the study of synchronization of two sparsely coupled spatiotemporal chaotic systems. Different synchronization regimes are distinguished. The present study reveals the intrinsic collective bifurcation of coupled dynamical systems prior to the emergence of global synchronization.     

Generalized projective synchronization of two coupled complex networks of different sizes

We investigate a new generalized projective synchronization between two complex dynamical networks of different sizes. To the best of our knowledge, most of the current studies on projective synchronization have dealt with coupled networks of the same size. By generalized projective synchronization, we mean that the states of the nodes in each network can realize complete synchronization, and the states of a pair of nodes from both networks can achieve projective synchronization. Using the stability theory of the dynamical system, several sufficient conditions for guaranteeing the existence of the generalized projective synchronization under feedback control and adaptive control are obtained. As an example, we use Chua's circuits to demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach.     

Pinning impulsive synchronization of stochastic delayed coupled networks

In this paper,the pinning synchronization problem of stochastic delayed complex network (SDCN) is investigated by using a novel hybrid pinning controller. The proposed hybrid pinning controller is composed of adaptive controller and impulsive controller,where the two controllers are both added to a fraction of nodes in the network. Using the Lyapunov stability theory and the novel hybrid pinning controller,some sufficient conditions are derived for the exponential synchronization of such dynamical networks in mean square. Two numerical simulation examples are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The simulation results show that the proposed control scheme has a fast convergence rate compared with the conventional adaptive pinning method.     

Impulsive synchronization of two coupled complex networks with time-delayed dynamical nodes

In this paper, we investigate the impulsive synchronization between two coupled complex networks with time-delayed dynamical nodes. Based on the Lyapunov stability, the linear feedback control and the impulsive control theories, the linear feedback and the impulsive controllers are designed separately. By using the generalized Barbalat's lemma, the global asymptotic impulsive synchronization of the drive—response complex networks is derived and some corresponding sufficient conditions are also obtained. Numerical examples are presented to verify the effectiveness and the correctness of the synchronization criteria.     

Synchronization of spatiotemporal chaos in a class of complex dynamical networks

This paper studies the synchronization of complex dynamical networks constructed by spatiotemporal chaotic systems with unknown parameters. The state variables in the systems with uncertain parameters are used to construct the parameter recognizers, and the unknown parameters are identified. Uncertain spatiotemporal chaotic systems are taken as the nodes of complex dynamical networks, connection among the nodes of all the spatiotemporal chaotic systems is of nonlinear coupling. The structure of the coupling functions between the connected nodes and the control gain are obtained based on Lyapunov stability theory. It is seen that stable chaos synchronization exists in the whole network when the control gain is in a certain range. The Gray--Scott models which have spatiotemporal chaotic behaviour are taken as examples for simulation and the results show that the method is very effective.     

Synchronization in complex clustered networks

Synchronization in complex networks has been an active area of research in recent years. While much effort has been devoted to networks with the small-world and scale-free topology, structurally they are often assumed to have a single, densely connected component. Recently it has also become apparent that many networks in social, biological, and technological systems are clustered, as characterized by a number (or a hierarchy) of sparsely linked clusters, each with dense and complex internal connections. Synchronization is fundamental to the dynamics and functions of complex clustered networks, but this problem has just begun to be addressed. This paper reviews some progress in this direction by focusing on the interplay between the clustered topology and network synchronizability. In particular, there are two parameters characterizing a clustered network: the intra-cluster and the inter-cluster link density. Our goal is to clarify the roles of these parameters in shaping network synchronizability. By using theoretical analysis and direct numerical simulations of oscillator networks, it is demonstrated that clustered networks with random inter-cluster links are more synchronizable, and synchronization can be optimized when inter-cluster and intra-cluster links match. The latter result has one counterintuitive implication: more links, if placed improperly, can actually lead to destruction of synchronization, even though such links tend to decrease the average network distance. It is hoped that this review will help attract attention to the fundamental problem of clustered structures/synchronization in network science.      

Synchronization of coupled logistic maps on random community networks

The collective synchronization of a system of coupled logistic maps on random community networks is investigated. It is found that the synchronizability of the community network is affected by two factors when the size of the network and the number of connections are fixed. One is the number of communities denoted by the parameter rn, and the other is the ratio σ of the connection probability p of each pair of nodes within each community to the connection probability q of each pair of nodes among different communities. Theoretical analysis and numerical results indicate that larger rn and smaller σ are the key to the enhancement of network synchronizability. We also testify synchronous properties of the system by analysing the largest Lyapunov exponents of the system.     

Outer Synchronization of Complex Networks by Impulse

This paper investigates outer synchronization of complex networks, especially, outer complete synchronization and outer anti-synchronization between the driving network and the response network. Employing the impulsive control method which is uncontinuous, simple, efficient, low-cost and easy to implement in practical applications, we obtain some sufficient conditions of outer complete synchronization and outer anti-synchronization between two complex networks. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed impulsive control scheme.     

Synchronization of impulsively coupled complex systems with delay

This paper investigates the synchronization of complex systems with delay that are impulsively coupled at discrete instants only. Based on the comparison theorem of impulsive differential system, a distributed impulsive control scheme is proposed to achieve the synchronization for systems with delay. In the control strategy, the influence of all nodes to network synchronization relies on its weight. The proposed control scheme is applied to the chaotic delayed Hopfield neural networks and numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Adaptive Impulsive Outer Synchronization Between Drive-Response Dynamical Networks

In this paper, outer synchronization between drive-response dynamical networks is investigated. Impulsive control combining with adaptive strategy is adopted to design controllers for achieving the goal. Based on the Lyapunov function method and mathematical analysis technique, a synchronization criterion with respect to the impulsive gains and intervals is analytically derived. From the criterion, the impulsive gains can adjust themselves to proper values when the impulsive intervals and some constants are fixed, and vice versa. Finally, two numerical examples are provided to verify the effectiveness of the derived result.     

Impulsive Synchronization of Laser Plasma System

The issue of impulsive synchronization of the coupled chaotic laser plasma system is investigated. A new framework for impulsive synchronization of such chaotic systems is presented, which makes the synchronization error system a linear impulsive control system. We derive some sufficient conditions for the synchronization of a laser plasma system via impulsive control with the varying impulsive intervals, which allows us to derive the impulsive synchronization law easily. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results, two numerical examples are given.     

Impulsive Cluster Synchronization in Community Network with Nonidentical Nodes

In this paper,cluster synchronization in community network with nonidentical nodes and impulsive effects is investigated.Community networks with two kinds of topological structure are investigated.Positive weighted network is considered first and external pinning controllers are designed for achieving cluster synchronization.Cooperative and competitive network under some assumptions is investigated as well and can achieve cluster synchronization with only impulsive controllers.Based on the stability analysis of impulsive differential equation and the Lyapunov stability theory,several simple and useful synchronization criteria are derived.Finally,numerical simulations are provided to verify the effectiveness of the derived results.     

Pinning-controlled synchronization of complex networks with bounded or unbounded synchronized regions

This paper studies pinning-controlled synchronization of complex networks with bounded or unbounded synchronized regions. To study a state-feedback pinning-controlled network with N nodes, it first converts the controlled network to an extended network of N+1 nodes without controls. It is shown that the controlled synchronizability of the given network is determined by the real part of the smallest nonzero eigenvalue of the coupling matrix of its extended network when the synchronized region is unbounded; but it is determined by the ratio of the real parts of the largest and the smallest nonzero eigenvalues of the coupling matrix when the synchronized region is bounded. Both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation show that the portion of controlled nodes has no critical values when the synchronized region is unbounded, but it has a critical value when the synchronized region is bounded. In the former case, therefore, it is possible to control the network to achieve synchronization by pinning only one node. In the latter case, the network can achieve controlled synchronization only when the portion of controlled nodes is larger than the critical value.     

Synchronization in complex dynamical networks with nonsymmetric coupling

Based on the work of Nishikawa and Motter, who have extended the well-known master stability framework to include non-diagonalizable cases, we develop another extension of the master stability framework to obtain criteria for global synchronization. Several criteria for global synchronization are provided which generalize some previous results. The Jordan canonical transformation method is used in stead of the matrix diagonalization method. Especially, we show clearly that, the synchronizability of a dynamical network with nonsymmetric coupling is not always characterized by its second-largest eigenvalue, even though all the eigenvalues of the nonsymmetric coupling matrix are real. Furthermore, the effects of the asymmetry of coupling on synchronizability of networks with different structures are analyzed. Numerical simulations are also done to illustrate and verify the theoretical results on networks in which each node is a dynamical limit cycle oscillator consisting of a two-cell cellular neural network.     

Synchronization of time varying delayed complex networks via impulsive control

In this paper, we investigate the problem of synchronization for the time varying delayed complex dynamical networks via impulsive control method, several sufficient synchronization conditions are given, and we consider the impulsive control matrices are time varying delayed matrices. Furthermore, we found impulsive control does not always play an active role in synchronization although impulsive control strategy is cheaper and simpler than other control strategy. Finally, numerical simulations are also given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed schemes.     

非线性耦合多重边赋权复杂网络的同步

研究了一类具有非线性耦合的多重边赋权复杂网络,基于网络拆分思想并运用Lyapunov稳定性理论给出了网络的同步准则,数值仿真验证了结论的有效性.     

Synchronization of oscillators in complex networks

Theory of identical or complete synchronization of identical oscillators in arbitrary networks is introduced. In addition, several graph theory concepts and results that augment the synchronization theory and a tie in closely to random, semirandom, and regular networks are introduced. Combined theories are used to explore and compare three types of semirandom networks for their efficacy in synchronizing oscillators. It is shown that the simplest k-cycle augmented by a few random edges or links are the most efficient network that will guarantee good synchronization.