Hot Topic: [Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization (Guest Editor: Kyandoghere Kyamakya)]
Kyandoghere Kyamakya · The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal · 2009
Nonlinear dynamics is a concern of high importance as the behavior of most real-world systems and their motions are nonlinear and evolve in time and/or space.This is true for various types of systems: engineered systems, natural systems, social life events and phenomena.Nonlinear dynamical systems may display a series of behaviors: regular or irregular, stable or unstable, periodic or multi-periodic, torus or chaotic behaviors, etc.The modeling, simulation and also the control of nonlinear dynamic systems are very important issues.The related challenge lies in finding appropriate mathematical, physical or logical representations describing the real dynamical behavior by providing insights in the respective functioning principles.This is generally achieved through analytical modeling, simulations and/or experiments.