Cluster lag synchronization in fractional-order community networks with nondelay and delay coupling.

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]