CONTROLLING CHAOS AND BIFURCATIONS
IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS   Book Review

       Edited by  Guanrong Chen, University of Houston
 

                  <<< Chaos Comes of Age >>>

Over the last two decades, chaos in engineering systems has moved from
being simply a curious phenomenon to one with real, practical significance
and utility. Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians have similarly
advanced from the passive role of analyzing chaos to their present, active
role of controlling chaos - control directed not only at suppression, but
also at exploiting its enormous potential. We now stand at the threshold
of major advances in the control and synchronization of chaos for new
applications across the range of engineering disciplines.

Controlling Chaos and Bifurcations in Engineering Systems provides a
state-of-the-art survey of the control and anti-control of chaos in
dynamical systems. Internationally known experts in the field join forces
in this volume to form this tutorial-style combination of overview and
technical report on the latest advances in the theory and applications
of chaos control. They detail various approaches to control and show how
designers can use chaos to create a wider variety of properties and
greater flexibility in the design process.

Chaos control promises to have a major impact on novel time- and
energy-critical engineering applications. Within this volume, readers
will find many challenging problems - yet unsolved - regarding both the
fundamental theory and potential applications of chaos control and
anti-control. Controlling Chaos and Bifurcations in Engineering Systems
will bring readers up-to-date on recent development in the field and
help open the door to new advances.

Features

· Offers a tutorial survey of the control and anti-control of chaos,
  reflecting state-of-the-art developments in the field
· Features contributions from internationally renowned experts
· Highlights many open, challenging problems in both fundamental theory
  and potential applications
· Shows designers how to use chaos and control it to provide a wider
  variety of properties and greater flexibility in the design process
· Details applications from electrical, mechanical, and biomedical engineering

Audience
 Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Systems and Controls
 Engineers, Applied Mathematicians, Applies Physicists

Contents

[0] L.O.Chua:
    Foreword
[1] A.I.Mees:
    Reconstructing Input-Output Dynamics from Time Series
[2] L.A.Aguirre:
    Black and Grey-Box Modeling of Nonlinear Systems:
       Identification and Analysis from Time Series
[3] M.J.Ogorzalek:
    Design and Implementation of Chaos Control Systems
[4] T.Kapitaniak, J.Brindley and K.Czolczynski:
    Chaos in Mechanical Systems and Its Control
[5] T.L.Vincent:
    Utilizing Chaos in Control System Design
[6] J.Q.Fang and M.K.Ali:
    Control and Synchronization of Spatiotemporal Chaos
[7] Goong Chen, S.B.Hsu and J.Zhou:
    Chaotic Vibration of the Wave Equation by
      Nonlinear Feedback Boundary Control
[8] G.Q.Zhong, Z.F.Liu, K.S.Tang, K.F.Man and S.Kwong:
    Sensitivity to Initial Conditions of Chaos in Electronics
[9] M.Basso, R.Genesio, L.Giovanardi and A.Tesi:
    Frequency Domain Methods for Chaos Control
[10] G.Calandrini, E.Paolini, J.L.Moiola and G.Chen:
     Controlling Limit Cycles and Bifurcations
[11] P.Celka:
     Theory and Experiments on Nonlinear Time-Delayed Feedback
     Systems with Application to Chaos Control
[12] X.Yu, Y.Tian and G.Chen:
     Time Delayed Feedback Control of Chaos
[13] J.A.K.Suykens, T.Yang, J.Vandewalle and L.O.Chua:
     Impulsive Control and Synchronization of Chaos
[14] H.O.Wang and D.S.Chen:
     Control and Anticontrol of Bifurcations with Application
       to Active Control of Rayleigh-Benard Convection
[15] M.E.Brandt and G.Chen:
     Delay Feedback Control of Cardiac Activity Models
[16] G.Gu and A.Sparks:
     Bifurcation Stabilization with Applications in Jet Engine Control
[17] W.Kang:
     Bifurcations of Control Systems in Normal Form
[18] M.diBernardo and G.Chen:
     Controlling Bifurcations in Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems
[19] A.L.Fradkov, H.Nijmeijer and A.Y.Pogromsky:
     Adaptive Observer-Based Synchronization
[20] H.J.C.Huiberts, H.Nijmeijer and A.Y.Pogromsky:
     Discrete-Time Observers and Synchronization
[21] H.Dedieu, T.Schimming and M.Hasler:
     Separating a Chaotic Signal from Noise and Applications
[22] M.P.Kennedy and G.Kolumban:
     Digital Communications Using Chaos
[23] C.W.Wu:
     Synchronization in Arrays of Coupled Chaotic Circuits and
       Systems: Theory and Applications
[24] V.D.Shalfeev, V.V.Matrosov and M.V.Korzinova:
     Chaos in Phase Systems: Generation and Synchronization
[25] J.Alvarez and F.Verduzco:
     Chaos and Bifurcations in Feedback Control Systems
[26] T.Ueta and G.Chen:
     Chaos and Bifurcations in Coupled Networks and Their Control
[27] T.Saito and H.Torikai:
     Return Map Modulation in Nonautonomous Relaxation Oscillator
[28] T.Ushio, T.Imamori and T.Yamasaki:
     Controlling Chaos in Discrete-Time Computational Ecosystems

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