Robust finite-time convergence of chaotic systems via adaptive terminal sliding mode scheme

This paper investigates robust finite-time stabilization of a class of uncertain chaotic systems. A new terminal sliding mode (TSM) algorithm is proposed to steer the plant fast to zero within finite time. In particular, a new form of TSM is developed for multi-input and multi-output systems, and some criteria are presented to facilitate its control design. With adaption laws to identify uncertain parameters and unknown bounds on disturbances, the proposed terminal sliding mode controllers get rid of uncertainties and nonlinearities successfully. The closed-loop systems are provided with fast finite-time stability and strong robustness against uncertainties. Finally, numerical simulation of Lorenz system illustrates the effectiveness of this proposed control scheme.     

Modified projective synchronization of chaotic systems with disturbances via active sliding mode control

We apply the active sliding mode control technique to realize the modified projective synchronization of the chaotic systems. The disturbances are considered both in the drive system and the response system. The sufficient conditions for the modified projective synchronization both the non-identical and identical chaotic systems are presented. The corresponding numerical simulations are provided to illuminate the effectiveness of the proposed active sliding mode controllers.     

Reduced-order synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems via adaptive control

We consider the coupling of two uncertain dynamical systems with different orders using an adaptive feedback linearization controller to achieve reduced-order synchronization between the two systems. Reduced-order synchronization is the problem of synchronization of a slave system with projection of a master system. The synchronization scheme is an exponential linearizing-like controller and a state/uncertainty estimator. As an illustrative example, we show that the dynamical evolution of a second-order driven oscillator can be synchronized with the canonical projection of a fourth-order chaotic system. Simulation results indicated that the proposed control scheme can significantly improve the synchronousness performance. These promising results justify the usefulness of the proposed output feedback controller in the application of secure communication.     

Chaos synchronization of coupled neurons via adaptive sliding mode control

In this paper, an adaptive neural network (NN) sliding mode controller (SMC) is proposed to realize the chaos synchronization of two gap junction coupled FitzHugh–Nagumo (FHN) neurons under external electrical stimulation. The controller consists of a radial basis function (RBF) NN and an SMC. After the RBFNN approximating the uncertain nonlinear part of the error dynamical system, the SMC realizes the desired control property regardless of the existence of the approximation errors and external disturbances. The weights of the NN are tuned online based on the sliding mode reaching law. According to the Lyapunov stability theory, the stability of the closed error system is guaranteed. The control scheme is robust to the uncertainties such as approximate error, ionic channel noise and external disturbances. Chaos synchronization is obtained by the proper choice of the control parameters. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.     

Robust adaptive neural-fuzzy-network control for the synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems

This paper proposes a robust adaptive neural-fuzzy-network control (RANFC) to address the problem of controlled synchronization of a class of uncertain chaotic systems. The proposed RANFC system is comprised of a four-layer neural-fuzzy-network (NFN) identifier and a supervisory controller. The NFN identifier is the principal controller utilized for online estimation of the compound uncertainties. The supervisory controller is used to attenuate the effects of the approximation error so that the perfect tracking and synchronization of chaotic systems are achieved. All the parameter learning algorithms are derived based on Lyapunov stability theorem to ensure network convergence as well as stable synchronization performance. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed RANFC methodology.     

Control of a novel class of fractional-order chaotic systems via adaptive sliding mode control approach

In this paper, an adaptive sliding mode controller for a novel class of fractional-order chaotic systems with uncertainty and external disturbance is proposed to realize chaos control. The bounds of the uncertainty and external disturbance are assumed to be unknown. Appropriate adaptive laws are designed to tackle the uncertainty and external disturbance. In the adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) strategy, fractional-order derivative is introduced to obtain a novel sliding surface. The adaptive sliding mode controller is shown to guarantee asymptotical stability of the considered fractional-order chaotic systems in the presence of uncertainty and external disturbance. Some numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed ASMC scheme.     

Robust stabilization and synchronization of a class of fractional-order chaotic systems via a novel fractional sliding mode controller

This paper proposes a novel fractional-order sliding mode approach for stabilization and synchronization of a class of fractional-order chaotic systems. Based on the fractional calculus a stable integral type fractional-order sliding surface is introduced. Using the fractional Lyapunov stability theorem, a single sliding mode control law is proposed to ensure the existence of the sliding motion in finite time. The proposed control scheme is applied to stabilize/synchronize a class of fractional-order chaotic systems in the presence of model uncertainties and external disturbances. Some numerical simulations are performed to confirm the theoretical results of the paper. It is worth noticing that the proposed fractional-order sliding mode controller can be applied to control a broad range of fractional-order dynamical systems.     

Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control for synchronization of uncertain fractional order chaotic systems

This paper deals with chaos synchronization between two different uncertain fractional order chaotic systems based on adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control (AFSMC). With the definition of fractional derivatives and integrals, a fuzzy Lyapunov synthesis approach is proposed to tune free parameters of the adaptive fuzzy controller on line by output feedback control law and adaptive law. Moreover, chattering phenomena in the control efforts can be reduced. The sliding mode design procedure not only guarantees the stability and robustness of the proposed AFSMC, but also the external disturbance on the synchronization error can be attenuated. The simulation example is included to confirm validity and synchronization performance of the advocated design methodology.     

Finite-time synchronization of two different chaotic systems with unknown parameters via sliding mode technique

In this paper, the problem of finite-time chaos synchronization between two different chaotic systems with fully unknown parameters is investigated. First, a new nonsingular terminal sliding surface is introduced and its finite-time convergence to the zero equilibrium is proved. Then, appropriate adaptive laws are derived to tackle the unknown parameters of the systems. Afterwards, based on the adaptive laws and finite-time control idea, an adaptive sliding mode controller is proposed to ensure the occurrence of the sliding motion in a given finite time. It is mathematically proved that the introduced sliding mode technique has finite-time convergence and stability in both reaching and sliding mode phases. Finally, some numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed technique.     

Robust stabilization of internally delayed uncertain systems via sliding mode control

Summary The problem of robust stabilization of internally delayed uncertain systems via sliding mode controllers (SMC's) is studied in this paper. The robustness property and assymptotic stability of the system are discussed. Some sufficient conditions for the design of SMC and the switching hyperplane are given. Further generalization results, which lead to a simple design and implementation, are made for the system being described in companion form. A method is suggested for the elimination of limit cycles in systems being regulated by a relay SMC while allowing the generation of sliding motion and thus ensuring the closed-loop asymptotic stability.     

Unknown nonlinear chaotic gyros synchronization using adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control with unknown dead-zone input

In this paper, the problem of synchronizing two chaotic gyros in the presence of uncertainties, external disturbances and dead-zone nonlinearity in the control input is studied while the structure of the gyros, parameters of the dead-zone and the bounds of uncertainties and external disturbances are unknown. The dead-zone nonlinearity in the control input might cause the perturbed chaotic system to show unpredictable behavior. This is due to the high sensitivity of these systems to small changes in their parameters. Thereby, the effect of these issues should not be ignored in the control design for these systems. In order to eliminate the effects from the dead-zone nonlinearity, in this paper, a robust adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control scheme is proposed to overcome the synchronization problem for a class of unknown nonlinear chaotic gyros. The main contribution of our paper in comparison with other works that attempt to solve the problem of dead-zone in the synchronization of chaotic gyros is that we assume that the structure of the system, uncertainties, external disturbances, and dead-zone are fully unknown. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Robust synchronization of chaotic non-autonomous systems using adaptive-feedback control

In this paper, we apply the simple adaptive-feedback control scheme to synchronize a class of chaotic non-autonomous systems. Based on the invariance principle of differential equations, some generic sufficient conditions for global asymptotic synchronization are obtained. Unlike the usual linear feedback, the variable feedback strength is automatically adapted to completely synchronize two identical systems and simple to implement in practice. As illustrative examples, synchronization of two parametrically excited chaotic pendulums and that of two 4D new systems are considered here. Numerical simulations show the proposed method is effective and robust against the effect of noise.     

Synchronizing different chaotic systems using active sliding mode control

An active sliding mode controller is designed to synchronize three pairs of different chaotic systems (Lorenz–Chen, Chen–Lü, and Lü–Lorenz) in drive–response structure. It is assumed that the system parameters are known. The closed loop error dynamics depend on the linear part of the response systems and parameters of the controller. Therefore, the synchronization rate can be adjusted through these parameters. Analysis of the stability for the proposed method is derived based on the Lyapunov stability theorem. Finally, numerical results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed control technique.     

Model reference adaptive synchronization of T–S fuzzy discrete chaotic systems using output tracking control

This paper presents a model reference adaptive control approach for the synchronization of a discrete-time chaotic systems using output tracking control. The reference model system is chosen using the output of master system and Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy model is employed to represent the discrete-time chaotic slave system. Design the control input so that the controlled slave system achieves asymptotic synchronization with the reference system given that two systems start from different initial conditions, different parameters and/or different type of model. Using a gradient algorithm, the ideal controller gains which can stabilize the error equation are estimated. Simulation examples of two cases are given to demonstrate the validity of our proposed adaptive method.     

Robust adaptive synchronization of different uncertain chaotic systems subject to input nonlinearity

In this paper, an adaptive controller is designed to ensure robust synchronization of two different chaotic systems with input nonlinearities. For this purpose, a stable sliding surface is defined and an adaptive sliding mode controller is designed to achieve robust synchronization of the systems when the control input is influenced through nonlinearities produced by actuator or external uncertainty recourses. The adaptation law guarantees the synchronization assuming of unknown model uncertainty. Furthermore by adding an integrator and incorporating a saturation function in the control law, the chattering phenomenon caused by the sign function is avoided. The simulation results for synchronization of Chua’s circuit and Genesio systems show the efficiency of the proposed technique.     

Stabilization and synchronization of chaotic systems via intermittent control

In this paper, we consider the stabilization and synchronization of chaotic systems via intermittent control with time varying control period and control width. Compared to existing results, some less conservative conditions are derived to guarantee the stabilization of nonlinear system. An effective adaptive-intermittent control law is also presented. Two examples are given to verify our proposed results.     

Suppression of chaotic behavior in horizontal platform systems based on an adaptive sliding mode control scheme

This work presents an adaptive sliding mode control scheme to elucidate the robust chaos suppression control of non-autonomous chaotic systems. The proposed control scheme utilizes extended systems to ensure that continuous control input is obtained in order to avoid chattering phenomenon as frequently in conventional sliding mode control systems. A switching surface is adopted to ensure the relative ease in stabilizing the extended error dynamics in the sliding mode. An adaptive sliding mode controller (ASMC) is then derived to guarantee the occurrence of the sliding motion, even when the chaotic horizontal platform system (HPS) is undergoing parametric uncertainties. Based on Lyapunov stability theorem, control laws are derived. In addition to guaranteeing that uncertain horizontal platform chaotic systems can be stabilized to a steady state, the proposed control scheme ensures asymptotically tracking of any desired trajectory. Furthermore, the numerical simulations verify the accuracy of the proposed control scheme, which is applicable to another chaotic system based on the same design scheme.     

Exponential generalized synchronization of uncertain coupled chaotic systems by adaptive control

In this paper, the exponential generalized synchronization for a class of coupled systems with uncertainties is defined. A novel and powerful method is proposed to investigate the generalized synchronization based on the adaptive control technique. According to the Lyapunov stability theory, rigorous proof is given for the exponential stability of error system. In comparison with previous schemes, the presented method shortens the synchronization time and is more applicable in practice. Besides, it is shown that the synchronization effect is robust against the uncertain factors. Some typical chaotic and hyper-chaotic systems are taken as examples to illustrate above approach. The corresponding numerical simulations are demonstrated to verify the effectiveness of proposed method.     

Projective lag synchronization of spatiotemporal chaos via active sliding mode control

This paper investigates projective lag synchronization of spatiotemporal chaos with disturbances. A control scheme is designed via active sliding mode control. The synchronization of spatiotemporal chaos between a drive system and a response system with disturbances and time-delay is implemented by adding the active sliding mode controllers. The control law is applied to two identical spatiotemporal Gray-Scott systems. Numerical results demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed approach.