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Controlling spatiotemporal dynamics with time-delay feedback
We suggest a spatially local feedback mechanism for stabilizing periodic
orbits in spatially extended systems. Our method, which is based on a
comparison between present and past states of the system, does not require the
external generation of an ideal reference state and can suppress both absolute
and convective instabilities. As an example, we analyze the complex
Ginzburg-Landau equation in one dimension, showing how the time-delay feedback
enlarges the stability domain for travelling waves.Comment: 4 pages REVTeX + postscript file with 3 figure
Controlling extended systems with spatially filtered, time-delayed feedback
We investigate a control technique for spatially extended systems combining
spatial filtering with a previously studied form of time-delay feedback. The
scheme is naturally suited to real-time control of optical systems. We apply
the control scheme to a model of a transversely extended semiconductor laser in
which a desirable, coherent traveling wave state exists, but is a member of a
nowhere stable family. Our scheme stabilizes this state, and directs the system
towards it from realistic, distant and noisy initial conditions. As confirmed
by numerical simulation, a linear stability analysis about the controlled state
accurately predicts when the scheme is successful, and illustrates some key
features of the control including the individual merit of, and interplay
between, the spatial and temporal degrees of freedom in the control.Comment: 9 pages REVTeX including 7 PostScript figures. To appear in Physical
Review
Stability domains for time-delay feedback control with latency
We generalize a known analytical method for determining the stability of
periodic orbits controlled by time-delay feedback methods when latencies
associated with the generation and injection of the feedback signal cannot be
ignored. We discuss the case of extended time-delay autosynchronization (ETDAS)
and show that nontrivial qualitative features of the domain of control observed
in experiments can be explained by taking into account the effects of both the
unstable eigenmode and a single stable eigenmode in the Floquet theory.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures; Submitted to Physical Review
The critical properties of the agent-based model with environmental-economic interactions
The steady-state and nonequilibrium properties of the model of
environmental-economic interactions are studied. The interacting heterogeneous
agents are simulated on the platform of the emission dynamics of cellular
automaton. The model possess the discontinuous transition between the safe and
catastrophic ecology. Right at the critical line, the broad-scale power-law
distributions of emission rates have been identified. Their relationship to
Zipf's law and models of self-organized criticality is discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, published in Physica
Time-delayed feedback control in astrodynamics
In this paper we present time-delayed feedback control (TDFC) for the purpose of autonomously driving trajectories of nonlinear systems into periodic orbits. As the generation of periodic orbits is a major component of many problems in astodynamics we propose this method as a useful tool in such applications. To motivate the use of this method we apply it to a number of well known problems in the astrodynamics literature. Firstly, TDFC is applied to control in the chaotic attitude motion of an asymmetric satellite in an elliptical orbit. Secondly, we apply TDFC to the problem of maintaining a spacecraft in a periodic orbit about a body with large ellipticity (such as an asteroid) and finally, we apply TDFC to eliminate the drift between two satellites in low Earth orbits to ensure their relative motion is bounded
On the Mechanism of Time--Delayed Feedback Control
The Pyragas method for controlling chaos is investigated in detail from the
experimental as well as theoretical point of view. We show by an analytical
stability analysis that the revolution around an unstable periodic orbit
governs the success of the control scheme. Our predictions concerning the
transient behaviour of the control signal are confirmed by numerical
simulations and an electronic circuit experiment.Comment: 4 pages, REVTeX, 4 eps-figures included Phys. Rev. Lett., in press
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Differences in consumer use of food labels by weight loss strategies and demographic characteristics
Advances in the analysis of short span railway bridges for high-speed lines
The physical model based on moving constant loads is widely used for the analysis of railway bridges. Nevertheless, the moving loads model is not well suited for the study of short bridges (L⩽20–25 m) since the results it produces (displacements and accelerations) are much greater than those obtained from more sophisticated ones. In this paper two factors are analysed which are believed to have an influence in the dynamic behaviour of short bridges. These two factors are not accounted for by the moving loads model and are the following: the distribution of the loads due to the presence of the sleepers and ballast layer, and the train–bridge interaction. In order to decide on their influence several numerical simulations have been performed. The results are presented and discussed herein
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