Title Delay-Coupled Complex Systems : and Applications to Lasers Author(s) Flunkert, Valentin Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. Description XIII, 180 p. 69 illus., 13 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This thesis deals with the effects of time-delay in complex nonlinear systems and in particular with its applications in complex networks, and relates it to control theory and nonlinear optics. Delays arise naturally in networks of coupled systems due to finite signal propagation speeds and are thus a key issue in many areas of physics, biology, medicine, and technology. Synchronization phenomena in these networks play an important role, e.g., in the context of learning, cognitive and pathological states in the brain, for secure communication with chaotic lasers or gene regulation. The work includes both novel results on the control of complex dynamics by time-delayed feedback and new fundamental insights into the interplay of delay and synchronization. One of the most interesting results here is a solution to the problem of complete synchronization in general networks with large coupling delay, i.e., large distances between the nodes, by giving a universal classification of networks which has a wide range of interdisciplinary applications ISBN,Price 9783642202506 Keyword(s) 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2. Control and Systems Theory 3. Control engineering 4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. LASERS 8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 9. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 10. PHOTONICS 11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 12. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 13. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08341     On Shelf