Klappentext

The book aims to provide the tools for analyzing the synchronization of identical systems under time-delayed coupling. On the structural assumption that the system itself is semi-passive - i.e. the system is behaving as a passive system outside some ball-conditions ensuring synchronization of two systems under time-delayed coupling - the framework is extended to the more general situation of a network with time-delayed diffusive coupling. Conditions are derived for time-delay and coupling strength when the network exhibits synchronization or partial synchronization. The theory is illustrated by a number of simulation examples, providing also the experimental results on a network of electronic brain cells.

Inhalt

Theory: Preliminaries; Master-Slave Synchronization with Time-Delay; Synchronization of Semi-Passive Systems with Delay Couplings; Synchronization of Systems with Time-Delay Couplings - LMI Approach; Synchronization of Systems with Time-Delay Couplings - Frequency Domain Approach; Synchronization and Network Topology - Scaling Laws in Networks; Synchronization and Network Topology - Partial Synchronization; Case Studies: Prediction Control of Mobile Robots via the Internet; Cooperative Control of Swarm Mobile Robots with Communication Delays; Synchronization in Networks of Neuron Circuits; Conclusions.