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Impulsive strategies in nonlinear dynamical systems: A brief overview.
Haitao Zhu1, Xinrui Ji1,2, Jianquan Lu1
1Department of Systems Science, School of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
This review explores impulsive dynamical systems, focusing on time delays, event-based control, and hybrid effects in nonlinear systems. It highlights applications in network synchronization and presents key stability results.
Area of Science:
- Dynamical Systems and Control Theory
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Network Science
Background:
- Impulsive dynamical systems are well-researched, with numerous publications available.
- This study focuses on continuous-time systems and reviews various impulsive strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an exhaustive review of different impulsive strategies in continuous-time systems.
- To emphasize the impact of time delays and event-based mechanisms on system stability.
- To investigate hybrid impulse effects and applications in network synchronization.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on impulsive dynamical systems.
- Analysis of impulse-delay structures and their effect on stability.
- Systematic introduction of event-based impulsive control strategies.
- Investigation of hybrid impulse effects in nonlinear systems and network synchronization.
Main Results:
- Discussion of two impulse-delay structures and their stability implications.
- Introduction of novel event-triggered mechanisms for impulse control.
- Revelation of constraint relationships between different impulses in nonlinear systems.
- Exploration of recent applications in the synchronization of dynamical networks.
Conclusions:
- Significant stability results for impulsive dynamical systems have been presented.
- The review provides a detailed introduction to the field.
- Future research challenges in impulsive dynamical systems are identified.
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