Experimental dynamical characterization of five autonomous chaotic oscillators with tunable series resistance

Ludovico Minati1

  • 1MR-Lab, Center for Mind/Brain Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy and Scientific Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)
|October 3, 2014
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