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This paper concerns the issue of fixed-time synchronization (FXTS) for complex networks composed of dynamical nodes with discontinuous dynamics, abbreviated as discontinuous dynamic networks, under the concept of Filippov solution. In terms of 1 -norm and 2 -norm, two types of simple control schemes without the linear feedback part are, respectively, designed to compel the considered discontinuous dynamic network to fixed-timely synchronize with a desired trajectory. By utilizing a novel two-stage analysis approach, some new FXTS criteria are derived. Compared with the existing research works, the established theoretical results not only are more relaxed, but also improve the estimation accuracy of synchronous settling time. Finally, the validity of the analytical results is verified via numerical simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lag synchronization is a special synchronization manner and has wide applications. For community network, in view of the differences among communities, the synchronization lags in different communities may be nonidentical. This paper investigates the cluster lag synchronization in fractional-order community networks with nondelay and delay coupling. The node dynamics in different communities are nonidentical and even have nonidentical dimensions. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, effective feedback controllers are designed for achieving cluster lag synchronization and several synchronization criteria are derived. Finally, numerical simulations are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on synchronization control of the fractional-order unified chaotic system. First, the stability of equilibria is analyzed by the Routh–Hurwitz criteria. Then, three different controllers are designed to achieve chaos synchronization of the drive-response unified system. Further, the impact of the fractional order on the synchronization performance is illustrated. Numerical simulations are carried out to verify the feasibility of theoretical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the synchronizability of multi-layer small-world dynamical networks and discusses the significant factors affecting the synchronizability. First, we introduce the network model of multi-layer small-world dynamical networks with one-to-one connections in the inter-layer connections and each layer has the same topology. Second, we consider the topological parameters including adding probability, intra-layer coupling strength, inter-layer coupling strength, number of nodes per layer, initial node degree, and number of network layers which will influence the network’s synchronizability. Third, we adopt the master stability function method and numerical simulations to analyze the synchronizability of the network. We also examine how the topological parameters influence the synchronizability of multi-layer small-world dynamical networks and the relationships among these parameters. Finally, synchronization control experiments are conducted to verify our results. As a result, we find that only increasing the number of nodes per layer will weaken the synchronizability of multi-layer small-world dynamical networks, while increasing other topological parameters will enhance the synchronizability. The current findings enable us to gain a deeper understanding of the synchronization behavior and characteristics of multi-layer small-world dynamical networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the synchronization of discrete-time complex dynamical network with dynamic links is investigated. From the angle of large-scale system, if the links and nodes are time-varying, the complex dynamical network may be regarded to be composed of nodes subsystem (NS) and links subsystem (LS). The weighted value of links between nodes can be regarded as the state variables of LS, the above two subsystems are mutually coupled. The two subsystems are modeled mathematically by the state difference equations, especially, the dynamics of LS is modeled as Riccati matrix difference equation without control input. Different from the previous researches, this work concerns simultaneously the dynamics of LS and NS, by which the synchronization of NS is investigated. Associated with the given dynamic reference target for LS, the nodes controller is synthesized to ensure the state synchronization of NS to be achieved with the assistance of the LS. Finally, the numerical simulation is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical results in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study the dynamic behaviors and chaos synchronization of the Chen system described by Caputo–Hadamard fractional derivative. First, the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the Chen system with Caputo–Hadamard derivative are proved by qualitative analysis. Further, the stability of equilibria of the considered system is analyzed with the aid of Routh–Hurwitz criteria. Meanwhile, the bifurcation condition of the Caputo–Hadamard Chen system is compared with the integer-order Chen system, where the differences between the two systems are demonstrated numerically. In the study of chaos synchronization of the drive–response Chen systems with Caputo–Hadamard derivative, two control schemes are developed: three nonlinear controllers and single linear controller. The feasibility of two control schemes is verified, and the synchronization performances of these two schemes are compared by numerical simulations. Based on this, the influence of the fractional-order on chaos synchronization performance is illustrated as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a sliding-mode-based controller is designed for finite-time synchronization of Memristor Chaotic Systems (MCSs). It demonstrates that the synchronization errors of the MCSs reach the designed sliding-mode surface within a finite time and the finite-time stability is achieved on the surface, which implies that the finite-time synchronization for MCSs is achieved by employing the proposed sliding-mode-based controller. Furthermore, a new image encryption algorithm is proposed and implemented based on the results of finite-time synchronization. Finally, the numerical simulation and the corresponding statistical performance analysis are presented to verify the practicability, effectiveness and superiority of the presented sliding-mode-based controller and encryption algorithm, especially their potential applications in secure communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coarse-graining of complex networks is a hot topic in network science. Coarse-grained networks are required to preserve the topological information or dynamic properties of the original network. Some effective coarse-graining methods have been proposed, while an urgent problem is how to obtain coarse-grained network with optimal scale. In this paper, we propose an extraction algorithm (EA) for optimal coarse-grained networks. Numerical simulation for EA on four kinds of networks and performing Kuramoto model on optimal coarse-grained networks, we find our algorithm can effectively obtain the optimal coarse-grained network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the synchronization problem of a chaotic Aihara neuron network is considered. Based on the master stability function (MSF) analysis, some necessary conditions are proposed to investigate the complete synchronization of the electrical coupled chaotic Aihara neuron networks. Especially, the two-dimensional parameter-space plots are obtained numerically to visualize the possible synchronized region. For the chaotic Rulkov neuron network, the numerical simulations of the MSF show that complete synchronization of the electrical coupled Aihara neuron network can be achieved when the coupling strength lies in a suitable interval, while it is highly improbable to attain complete synchronization when all neurons are in the chaotic bursting. Moreover, the complete synchronization cannot be reached with further increase or decrease of coupling strength. These results are probably common features as far as discrete-time neuron networks are concerned. Finally, based on the drive-response active control method, an LMI-based criterion is obtained to ensure complete synchronization of the available chaotic Aihara neuron network. The spatiotemporal patterns measured by the state distribution of neurons are employed to validate the effectiveness of our control scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Different from previous works on chaotic synchronization of fractional-order system, this paper discusses the chaotic synchronization of Lorenz system with distributed order. The main idea is that we transform the distributed-order Lorenz system in the time domain into the frequency domain by Laplace transformation, and then, based on the final-value theorem, two main theorems and the designed controllers, the chaotic synchronization between the distributed-order Lorenz drive system and response system is obtained. Finally, numerical simulations and applications in chaotic masking are presented to verify reliability of the obtained results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, to deal with the problem of modified function projective synchronization (MFPS) between two different networks with delayed couplings and delayed nodes of different dimensions, a hybrid control scheme combining adaptive control and nonlinear control is proposed. First, a more realistic drive-response complex network model is constructed by introducing double delays. Then, we design hybrid feedback controllers to synchronize up the drive and response networks of different dimensions to a scaling function matrix. Based on Lyapunov stability theory and the linear matrix inequality (LMI), we rigorously prove that the MFPS between the proposed drive-response networks can be achieved and meanwhile some sufficient conditions are derived by adopting an appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii energy function. Noteably, many existing synchronization settings can be regarded as special cases of the present synchronization framework. Numerical simulation experiments are employed to verify the correctness and the effectiveness of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper completes the cycle of the research devoted to the development of the experimental bifurcation analysis (not computer simulations) in order to answer the following questions: whether qualitative changes occur in the dynamics of local climate systems in a centennial timescale?; how to analyze such qualitative changes with daily resolution for local and regional space-scales?; how to establish one-to-one daily correspondence between the dynamics evolution and economic consequences for productions? To answer the questions, the unconventional conceptual model to describe the local climate dynamics was proposed and verified in the previous parts. That model (HDS-model) originates from the hysteresis regulator with double synchronization and has a variable structure due to competition between the amplitude quantization and the time quantization. The main advantage of the HDS-model is connected with the possibility to describe 'internally' (on the basis of the self-regulation) the specific causal effects observed in the dynamics of local climate systems instead of 'external' description of three states of the hysteresis behavior of climate systems (upper, lower and transient states). As a result, the evolution of the local climate dynamics is based on the bifurcation diagrams built by processing the data of meteorological observations, where the strange effects of the essential interannual daily variability of annual temperature variation are taken into account and explained. It opens the novel possibilities to analyze the local climate dynamics taking into account the observed resultant of all internal and external influences on each local climate system. In particular, the paper presents the viewpoint on how to estimate economic damages caused by climate-related hazards through the bifurcation analysis. That viewpoint includes the following ideas: practically each local climate system is characterized by its own time pattern of the natural qualitative changes in temperature dynamics over a century, so, any unified time window to determine the local climatic norms seems to be questionable; the temperature limits determined for climate-related technological hazards should be reasoned by the conditions of artificial human activity, but not by the climatic norms; the damages caused by such hazards can be approximately estimated in relation to the average annual profit of each production. Now, it becomes possible to estimate the minimal and maximal numbers of the specified hazards per year in order, first of all, to avoid unforeseen latent damages. Also, it becomes possible to make some useful relative estimation concerning damage and profit. We believe that the results presented in the cycle illustrate great practical competence of the current advances in the experimental bifurcation analysis. In particular, the developed QHS-analysis provides the novel prospects towards both how to adapt production to climatic changes and how to compensate negative technological impacts on environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a novel dynamic system, the fractional-order complex Chen system, is presented for the first time. Dynamic behaviors of system are studied analytically and numerically. Different routes to chaos are shown, and diverse kinds of motions are identified and exhibited by means of bifurcation diagram, portrait phase and the largest Lyapunov exponent. Secondly, an application to digital secure communication based on the novel system is proposed, in which security is enhanced by continually switching different orders of derivative in an irregular pattern. Furthermore, making full use of the advantage of high-capacity transmission of complex system, the improved digital secure communication scheme is achieved based on hybrid synchronization in coupled fractional-order complex Chen system, that means anti-synchronization in real part of state variables and projective synchronization in imaginary part, respectively. The corresponding numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we propose a new asynchronous multiuser communication system based on spread spectrum and chaotic symbolic dynamics modulation. By combining spread spectrum and chaotic modulation, the proposed system provides increased security by reducing the probability of detection while allowing multiuser transmissions. The sequence synchronization of chaos communication system is studied. A time acquisition technique based on serial search is proposed to achieve synchronization. An analysis is carried out to determine the probability of detection, the probability of false alarm and the bit error rate of the system. Simulation results show that the proposed system can achieve sequence synchronization under low signal-to-noise ratios, and also confirm our analytically computed expressions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, based on the idea of nonlinear observer, lag synchronization of chaotic fractional system with commensurate and incommensurate order is studied by the stability theorem of linear fractional-order systems. The theoretical analysis of fractional-order systems in this paper is a systematic method. This technique is applied to achieve the lag synchronization of fractional-order Rössler's system, verified by numerical simulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Synchronization of chaotic systems with unknown parameters, or namely auto-synchronization, has aroused a lot of interest in the past few years. In this paper, we are interested in solving one of the critical cases in Lorenz system. Based on the past researches, it was concluded that the auto-synchronization of Lorenz system was inachievable if the unknown parameters resided in all of its three dynamical equations while only the first state was measurable. However, as demonstrated in this paper, this problem can be resolved by an adaptive observer following simple design rules. The design is justified with the conditional Lyapunov exponents, and its effectiveness is clearly illustrated in simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the finite-time outer synchronization between two complex dynamical networks with on-off coupling is investigated. By using suitable on-off controllers, sufficient conditions for finite-time outer synchronization are derived based on the Lyapunov function and the finite-time differential inequality method. The theoretical results imply that the two networks will achieve finite-time outer synchronization for fixed on-off rate if the control coupling strength is large enough. Numerical simulations are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a chaotic synchronization scheme is proposed to achieve adaptive synchronization between a novel hyperchaotic system and the hyperchaotic Chen system with fully unknown parameters. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, an adaptive controller and parameter updating law are presented to synchronize the above two hyperchaotic systems. The corresponding theoretical proof is given and numerical simulations are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the state/output synchronization of switched Boolean networks (SBNs) with impulsive effects via the algebraic state space representation (ASSR) approach. First, an algebraic form is established for SBNs with impulsive effects via ASSR. Second, based on the algebraic form, some necessary and sufficient conditions are presented for the state/output synchronization of SBNs with impulsive effects under arbitrary switching signals. Third, two special kinds of switching signals, that is, free switching signal and feedback switching signal, are considered for the state synchronization of SBNs with impulsive effects. Finally, two illustrative examples are worked out to show the effectiveness of the obtained results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the finite-time synchronization of complex networks (CNs) with non-identical nodes and impulsive disturbances. By utilizing stability theories, new 1-norm-based analytical techniques and suitable comparison, systems, several sufficient conditions are obtained to realize the synchronization goal in finite time. State feedback controllers with and without the sign function are designed. Results show that the controllers with sign function can reduce the conservativeness of control gains and the controllers without sign function can overcome the chattering phenomenon. Numerical simulations are offered to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the general method for the adaptive function Q-S synchronization of different chaotic (hyper-chaotic) systems. Based upon the Lyapunov stability theory, the dynamical evolution can be achieved by the Q-S synchronization with a desired scaling function between the different chaotic (hyper-chaotic) systems. This approach is successfully applied to two examples: Chen hyper-chaotic system drives the Lorenz hyper-chaotic system; Lorenz system drives Lü hyper-chaotic system. Numerical simulations are used to validate and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the finite-time chaos synchronization of a new hyperchaotic Lorenz system. Based on the finite-time stability theory, a simple and robust controller is proposed to realize finite-time chaos synchronization for the hyperchaotic Lorenz system. Theoretical analysis proved that the scheme can ensure the error system globally finite-time stable. Numerical simulations are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, synchronization of complex-variable dynamical networks with complex coupling is investigated. An adaptive feedback control scheme is adopted to design controllers for achieving synchronization of a general network with both complex inner and outer couplings. For a network with only complex inner or outer coupling, pinning control and adaptive coupling strength methods are adopted to achieve synchronization under some assumptions. Several synchronization criteria are derived based on Lyapunov stability theory. Numerical simulations are provided to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the synchronization problem of Chen systems with time-varying delays is discussed based on the stability theory of time-delay systems. Through the analysis of the error dynamical systems, the time-delay correlative synchronization controller is designed to achieve chaos synchronization. And finally, numerical simulations are provided to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the developed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a generalized (lag, anticipated and complete) projective synchronization for a general class of chaotic systems is defined. A systematic, powerful and concrete scheme is developed to investigate the generalized (lag, anticipated and complete) projective synchronization between the drive system and response system based on the adaptive control method and feedback control approach. The hyperchaotic Chen system and hyperchaotic Lorenz system are chosen to illustrate the proposed scheme. Numerical simulations are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed schemes. In addition, the scheme can also be extended to research generalized (lag, anticipated and complete) projective synchronization between nonidentical discrete-time chaotic systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies full state hybrid projective synchronization of the unified chaotic system with unknown parameters. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory, an adaptive controller is designed. It is proved theoretically that the controller can make the states of the dynamical system and the response system with unknown parameters asymptotically full state hybrid projective synchronized. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the modified function projective synchronization (MFPS) in drive-response dynamical networks (DRDNs) with different nodes, which means that systems in nodes are strictly different. An adaptive open-plus-closed-loop (AOPCL) control method is proposed, which is a practically realizable method and can overcome the model mismatched to achieve synchronization. It is well known that each of the close-loop and open-loop control method possesses some advantages and disadvantages. By combining their advantages, the open-plus-closed-loop (OPCL) control method was proposed by Jackson and Grosu. For arbitrary nonlinear dynamic systems, dx/dt = F(x,t), Jackson and Grosu proved that there exists solutions, x(t), in the neighborhood of any arbitrary goal dynamics g(t) that are entrained to g(t), through the use of an additive controlling action, K(g,x,t) = H(dg/dt,g) + C(g,t)(g(t) - x), which is the sum of the open-loop action, H(dg/dt,g), and a suitable linear closed-loop (feedback) action C(g,t). This method is a practically realizable method and robust to limited accuracy of data and effects of noise. The AOPCL control method preserve the merits of OPCL control method and its closed loop control part can be automatically adapted to suitable constants. Considering time-delays are always unavoidably in the practical situations, MFPS in DRDNs with time-varying coupling delayed is further investigated by the proposed method. Corresponding numerical simulations are performed to verify and illustrate the analytical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, function projective synchronization of chaotic systems is investigated through nonlinear adaptive-impulsive control. To achieve synchronization, suitable nonlinear continuous and impulsive controllers are designed, according to invariant principle of impulsive dynamical systems. Sufficient conditions are given to ensure the synchronization. Numerical simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper, generalized chaotic synchronization of a class of fractional order systems is studied. Based on the stability theory of linear fractional order systems, a generalized synchronization scheme is presented, and theoretical analysis is provided to verify its feasibility. The proposed method can realize generalized synchronization not only of fractional order systems with same dimension, but also of systems with different dimensions. Besides, the function relation of generalized synchronization can be linear or nonlinear. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most previous studies on the synchronization of complex networks were based on that each node managed to adjust its neighbors coupling strength to enhance synchronizability, i.e. each node tried to adjust its total input coupling strength in a proper way and the neighbor nodes were passively adjusted. From practical and engineering viewpoints, each node should manage to adjust its total output coupling strength to realize synchronization. Moreover, each node's total output coupling strength can be distributed to its neighbors with different proportions. In view of the above reasons, in this paper, we study the synchronization of complex networks under the assumptions that the total output coupling strength of each node is voluntarily/directly distributed to its neighbors with different proportions. What is more, we assume that the total output coupling strength of each node can be nonlinear to its degree. Our analysis and numerical simulations show that the synchronizability can be enhanced dramatically when the parameters are properly selected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the drive-response configuration, this paper considers the synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems based on observers. Even if there are unknown disturbances and parameters in the drive system, a robust adaptive full-order observer can be used to realize chaos synchronization. Further, we develop a reduced-order observer-based response system to synchronize the drive system. By choosing a special reduced-order gain matrix, the reduced-order observer-based response system turns out to be linear and can eliminate the influence of the unknown disturbances and parameters directly. We also discuss the above mentioned two kinds of observers in numerical simulation, and demonstrate that the linear reduced-order observer-based response system is better than the full-order observer-based one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a special case of generalized synchronization, chaos anti-synchronization can be characterized by the vanishing of the sum of relevant variables. In this paper, based on Lyapunov stability theorem for ordinary differential equations, several sufficient conditions for guaranteeing the existence of anti-synchronization in a class of coupled identical chaotic systems via linear feedback or adaptive linear feedback methods are derived. Chua's circuit is presented as an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach by computer simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the synchronizability of power network with community structure. Second-order Kuramoto-like oscillators with dissimilar natural frequencies are used as a coarse-scale model for an electrical power network that contains generators and consumers. The impact of community structure on frequency synchronization of power network is investigated, focusing on the parameters such as community strength, community number and connection strategy between communities. Numerical simulations show that increasing the community strength above a certain critical threshold or adding new communities to the network will be beneficial for the synchronization. Of course, connecting high-degree nodes among communities will be a best strategy to enhance synchronization. Furthermore, it is observed that the synchronizability of the network is significantly influenced by adding new links with different characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigating the stability of the synchronization manifold is a critical topic in the field of complex dynamical networks. Master stability function (MSF) is known as a powerful and efficient tool for the study of synchronization in complex identical networks. The network can be synchronized whenever the MSF is negative. MSF uses the Lyapunov or Floquet exponent theory to determine the stability of the synchronization state. Both of these methods need extensive numerical simulation and a long computational time. In this paper, a new approach to calculate MSF is proposed. The accuracy of the results and time of simulations are tested on seven different known oscillators and also compared with the conventional methods of MSF. The results show that the proposed technique is faster and more efficient than the existing methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This investigation discusses the problems of fixed-/predefined-time stabilization and synchronization of memristor chaotic circuits (MCCs). Specially, all of the proposed control schemes are differentiable, namely smooth, which are superior to the previous finite-/fixed-time control techniques, because the discontinuous signum and absolute functions are not contained anymore. Comparing with the traditional fast convergence of chaotic systems, the upper-bound estimation of convergence time in this investigation is not only irrelevant to the initial values of MCCs, but also concise and explicit. Moreover, according to the Lyapunov stability theory, the sufficient criteria are established successively for ensuring the fixed-/predefined-time stabilization and synchronization of MCCs. Finally, the numerical simulations are placed to validate the effectiveness and feasibility of obtained results, in which the comparison is made and the effect of controlling parameters on the convergence speed is further explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, based on Lyapunov stability theory, a novel scheme is proposed to explore the lag synchronization of Coullet system. Via back stepping method, the scheme needs only a single controller and the sufficient condition of synchronization is derived. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, some numerical simulations are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a chaotic synchronization scheme is proposed to achieve the generalized synchronization between two different fractional-order chaotic systems. Based on the stability theory of fractional-order systems and the pole placement technique, a controller is designed and theoretical proof is given. Two groups of examples are shown to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, the first one is to realize the generalized synchronization between the fractional-order Chen system and the fractional-order Rössler system, the second one is between the fractional-order Lü system and the fractional-order hyperchaotic Lorenz system. The corresponding numerical simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the chaos multiscale-synchronization between two different Fractional-order Hyperchaotic System (FOHCS)s have been investigated. The Lü-like and its FOHCS are also studied. The Lü-like FOHCS is controlled to be multiscale-synchronization with Liu FOHCS and new Lorenz FOHCS, respectively. The analytical conditions for the multiscale-synchronization of these pairs of different FOHCSs are derived by utilizing Laplace transform. Furthermore, multiscale-synchronization between two different FOHCSs is achieved by utilizing the different linear and nonlinear feedback control method in a short period and both remain in chaotic states. Numerical simulations are used to verify the theoretical analysis using different values of the fractional-order parameter and the different linear and nonlinear control functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper establishes some generalized synchronization (GS) theorems for a coupled discrete array of difference systems (CDADS) and a coupled continuous array of differential systems (CCADS). These constructive theorems provide general representations of GS in CDADS and CCADS. Based on these theorems, one can design GS-driven CDADS and CCADS via appropriate (invertible) transformations. As applications, the results are applied to autonomous and nonautonomous coupled Chen cellular neural network (CNN) CDADS and CCADS, discrete bidirectional Lorenz CNN CDADS, nonautonomous bidirectional Chua CNN CCADS, and nonautonomously bidirectional Chen CNN CDADS and CCADS, respectively. Extensive numerical simulations show their complex dynamic behaviors. These theorems provide new means for understanding the GS phenomena of complex discrete and continuously differentiable networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Projective synchronization investigates the synchronization of systems evolve in same orientation, however, in practice, the situation of same orientation is only minority, and the majority is different orientation. This paper investigates the latter, proposes the concept of rotating synchronization, and verifies its necessity and feasibility via theoretical analysis and numerical simulations. Three conclusions were elicited: first, in three-dimensional space, two arbitrary nonlinear chaotic systems who evolve in different orientation can realize synchronization at end; second, projective synchronization is a special case of rotating synchronization, so, the application fields of rotating synchronization is more broadly than that of the former; third, the overall evolving information can be reflected by single state variable's evolving, it has self-similarity, this is the same as the basic idea of phase space reconstruction method, it indicates that we got the same result from different approach, so, our method and the phase space reconstruction method are verified each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the synchronizations for autonomous chaotic systems with disturbance of parameter, achieves the self-synchronization of Lü system, a modified coupled dynamos system and a four-dimensional hyperchaotic system by the methods of active control and adaptive parameter. In addition, the synchronization of Lorenz system and Chen system is presented. Numerical simulations are provided for illustration and verification of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the modeling and analysis of complex systems, taking into account the nature of complexity at different stages of the system life-cycle: from its genesis to its evolution. Therefore, some structural aspects of the complexity dynamics are highlighted, leading (i) to implement the morphogenesis of emergent complex network structures, and (ii) to control some synchronization phenomena within complex networks. Specific applications are proposed to illustrate these two aspects, in urban dynamics and in neural networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The impulsive synchronization of two chaotic Chen-Lee systems was investigated in this paper. Based on Lyapunov's direct method, sufficient conditions for the global exponential synchronization and global asymptotical synchronization were derived. Further, the theoretical results were verified by a numerical simulation. In addition, the impulsive synchronization of two chaotic Chen-Lee systems was also implemented using an electronic circuit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents tracking control and synchronization strategies for Chen system. Two universal controllers, a tracking controller and a synchronization controller based on Backstepping design method were designed. It is proved theoretically that the tracking controller enables the error signal exponentially to converge to zero. The validity of Backstepping synchronization controller is also proved. Numerical simulations further validated the two controllers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the impulsive synchronization of hyperchaotic Lü systems is discussed. The sufficient conditions on feedback strength and impulsive interval are established to guarantee the synchronization. The method is proved true by Lyapunov stability theory. In addition, a scheme of impulsive synchronization via transmitting single signal is presented. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the drive system and the response system can be in a state of linear generalized synchronization via transmitting single signal. By means of a transitional system, the response system is obtained by variable replacement method. Chen system and hyperchaotic Chen system are used as examples in numerical simulations. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Synchronization of multiple identical chaotic systems, coupled in a ring structure, was studied in this paper. Ueda attractor was used as an example to perform the synchronization of several chaotic systems. The bound of the Ueda attractor was also estimated by numerical simulation. The above results were also adopted to design a controller to synchronize chaotic systems. The stability of the synchronization of multiple identical chaotic systems was investigated using Lyapunov's direct method. Some sufficient conditions of asymptotical synchronization were attained from rigorous mathematical theory. Further, numerical results were also demonstrated in order to validate the proposed synchronization approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

oActive sliding mode control is one of the effective methods to synchronize chaotic systems in the presence of uncertainties. Use of the method, however, requires decision making on how to choose the control parameters for a specific performance. In this paper we propose an algorithm to determine the best control parameters for which the minimum control efforts are required to synchronize two identical or non-identical chaotic systems. We have also determined the maximum range of the uncertainties on which the selected control parameters to work properly. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been verified through numerical simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates antisynchronization of identical and nonidentical Φ6 Van der Pol oscillators (VDPOs) and Φ6 Duffing oscillators (DOs) with both parametric and external excitations based on adaptive backstepping technique. The technique is applied to achieve complete antisynchronization between identical Φ6 (VDPOs), identical Φ6 (DOs), and nonidentical Φ6 oscillators comprising the Φ6 (VDPO) and Φ6 (DO). Numerical simulations are implemented to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the antisynchronization technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]