We present a numerical study of a one-dimensional version of the Burridge-Knopoff model [16] of N-site chain of spring-blocks with stick-slip dynamics. Our numerical analysis and computer simulations lead to a set of different results corresponding to different boundary conditions. It is shown that we can convert a chaotic behaviour system to a highly ordered and periodic behaviour by making on...

We generalize a method of control of chaos which uses a delayed feedback governed by a nonlinear function. The method improves the region of the parameter space where control can be achieved, when compared with methods of delayed feedback that use a linear control function.

Chaos control techniques exploit the sensitivity of chaos to initial conditions by applying feedback perturbations to an accessible system parameter. Most methods apply only one perturbation per period and are thus susceptible to control failure when applied to highly unstable systems. Here we extend a recently developed model-independent, quasicontinuous chaos control technique to stabilize a ...

Chaos control may be understood as the use of tiny perturbations for the stabilization of unstable periodic orbits embedded in a chaotic attractor. Since chaos may occur in many natural processes, the idea that chaotic behavior may be controlled by small perturbations of some physical parameter allows this kind of behavior to be desirable in different applications. In general, it is not necessa...

Using techniques from active control theory, we demonstrate that two coupled chaotic systems can be phase and anti-phase synchronized. The techniques are applied to Lorenz, Rossler, and Chen systems.  2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

In this paper, an adaptive integral sliding mode control scheme is proposed for synchronization of hyperchaotic Zhou systems. In the proposed scheme, an integral sliding mode control is designed to stabilize a hyperchaotic Zhou system with known parameters to its unstable equilibrium at the origin. The control is then applied to the synchronization of two identical systems, i.e., a slave and a ...

In this research, a model is established to represent a supply chain, which consists of one manufacturer and two retailers. The price-sensitive demand model is considered and the price game system is built according to the rule of bounded rationality as well as the entropy theory. With the increase of the price adjustment speed, the game system may go into chaos from the stable and periodic sta...