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Tracking sustained chaos

US6763271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 2001
Grant dateJul 13, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B5/01
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control method and system are provided to sustain chaos in a nonlinear dynamic system. A sustained transient that is tracked as a system parameter is substantially varied thereby allowing sustained chaotic transients to exist far away from the crisis parameter values. The method includes targeting points near a chaotic transient once the iterates reach a neighborhood of an undesired attractor. Targeting is done so that the natural dynamics of the system would not engage again the iterations and chaotic motion. A brief parameter fluctuation forces the attractor to be a repeller so that a point which lies on the previously existing chaotic transient can be targeted. Consequently, instead of landing on the attractor, the iterations will reach a region of phase space where a chaotic transient is present, causing the chaotic motion to be reexcited.

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