Recent Advances in Chaotic Systems and Synchronization. From Theory to Real World Applications. Emerging Methodologies and Applications in Modelling, Identification and Control

Table of Contents

Part I. New Chaotic Systems: Design and Analysis 1. Experimental observations and circuit realization of a jerk chaotic system with piecewise nonlinear function 2. Analytical, numerical and experimental analysis of a RC chaotic circuit with diodes in anti-parallel 3. Chaos in a system with parabolic equilibrium 4. A new four-dimensional chaotic system with no equilibrium point 5. A new five-dimensional multi-stable chaotic system with hidden attractors 6. Extreme Multistability in a Hyperjerk Memristive System with Hidden Attractors 7. Parameter estimation in a new chaotic system by the help of GMM based cost function

Part II. Real World Applications 8. Virtualization of Chua's circuit state space 9. Some new chaotic maps with engineering applications 10. Chaotic solutions in a forced two-dimensional Hindmarsh-Rose neuron 11. Period-Doubling bifurcation and Chaos in a new algebraic structure of predator-prey BB-model 12. Chaotic path planning for a two-link flexible manipulator using composite control techniques

Part III. New trends in Chaos Synchronization 13. Robust Synchronization of Master Slave Chaotic Systems: A Continuous Sliding-Mode Control Approach with Experimental Study 14. A four-dimensional chaotic system with one and without equilibrium points: dynamical analysis and its application to text encryption 15. FPGA implementation of chaotic oscillators, their synchronization and application to secure communications 16. On discrete-time hyperchaotic systems synchronization: Toward secure image transmission 17. Fractional-Order Hybrid Synchronization for Multiple Hyperchaotic Systems

Authors

Olfa Boubaker National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT), University of Carthage, Tunisia. Olfa Boubaker received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT) and Habilitation Universitaire degree in Control Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), in Tunisia. She is currently a full professor at the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT) of University of Carthage where she is actively engaged in teaching and research in control theory, nonlinear systems, and robotics. Professor Boubaker has participated in several research projects in sustainable development areas including the fields of medical robotics, green energy, water preservation, and environment protection. She has supervised 9 theses and 18 Master dissertations and mentored more than 50 engineer graduated projects in the industry. She is an associate editor of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (SAGE publishing), guest editor for the journals Complexity and Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Hindawi Publishing) and regional editor of the book series Emerging Methodologies and Applications in Modelling, Identification and Control (Elsevier Publishing). She also serves as scientific committee member in several international and peer-reviewed conferences. Professor Boubaker is the principal author of 7 books, editor of 6 special issues, and the author/co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers. Sajad Jafary Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran. Sajad Jafari was born in Kermanshah, Iran, in 1983. He received his BSc., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering in 2005, 2008, 2013 from biomedical engineering department, Amirkabir University of technology, Tehran, Iran. He is currently an Assistant Professor in there (since 2013). His research interests include artificial intelligence, optimization, pattern recognition and especially nonlinear and chaotic signals and systems. Dr Sajad Jafari is closely associated with several reputable international journals as a reviewer and he is the author/coauthor of more than 100 peer-reviewed papers.