Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Gives a broad and comprehensive treatment of synchronization and its control in complex time-delayed networks
- Introduces, studies, and compares several adaptive control methods to stabilize cluster synchronization
- Studies the control of synchronization in neural networks on several detailed examples
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Adaptive Control of Synchronization
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Back Matter
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About this book
This research aims to achieve a fundamental understanding of synchronization and its interplay with the topology of complex networks. Synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in different contexts in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and engineering. Most prominently, synchronization takes place in the brain, where it is associated with several cognitive capacities but is - in abundance - a characteristic of neurological diseases. Besides zero-lag synchrony, group and cluster states are considered, enabling a description and study of complex synchronization patterns within the presented theory. Adaptive control methods are developed, which allow the control of synchronization in scenarios where parameters drift or are unknown. These methods are, therefore, of particular interest for experimental setups or technological applications. The theoretical framework is demonstrated on generic models, coupled chemical oscillators and several detailed examples of neural networks.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Judith Lehnert studied physics at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and the University of Leeds, UK. Her studies were supported by a scholarship for academic excellence of the German National Academic Foundation. She received her Diploma in 2010 for which she was awarded the Physics Study Award of the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation and the Clara von Simson Award. In 2010 and 2012, she visited St. Petersburg State University, Russia, supported by the German-Russian Interdisciplinary Science Center. Judith Lehnert received the Dr. rer. nat. degree from Technische Universität Berlin in 2015. Her research interests include nonlinear dynamics, complex networks, adaptive control, zero-lag and cluster synchronization, delay differential equations and neural dynamics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Controlling Synchronization Patterns in Complex Networks
Authors: Judith Lehnert
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25115-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25113-4Published: 17 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37090-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25115-8Published: 06 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 203
Topics: Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks, Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks, Physical Chemistry, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Systems Theory, Control