Fractional-order nonlinear systems. Modeling, analysis and simulation (Q625131)

The principal goal of this monograph is to introduce the reader to a new and rapidly growing branch of dynamical systems called fractional-order chaotic systems. The material is organized into seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides a concise introduction to fractional-order chaotic systems. Fundamentals of fractional calculus are presented in Chapter 2. Fractional linear time-invariant (LTI) and nonlinear systems are introduced in Chapter 3; fractional-order controllers are also discussed there. Stability of fractional-order LTI, nonlinear and interval fractional-order systems forms the subject of Chapter 4. Chapter 5 surveys a variety of fractional-order chaotic systems of lower order (up to three) including, among others, the well-known Chua's oscillator, Duffing, Rössler and Lorenz systems. Three control strategies for fractional-order chaotic systems -- digital state-space proportional feedback control, sliding mode control and synchronization -- are discussed in Chapter 6, whereas additional remarks are collected in the final Chapter 7. Each chapter concludes with references. \texttt{Matlab} functions have been written for all systems discussed in the book; these are available for download from the web site of \texttt{MathWorks} and their utilization is described in Appendix A. In addition, \texttt{Simulink} models have been designed for fractional-order Chua and Volta systems to be used as samples for further simulation with this program. Relevant Laplace and inverse Laplace transforms related to fractional-order calculus are collected in Appendix B. The book concludes with a glossary and an index. Although many classes of fractional-order chaotic systems are not discussed, the book is a very nice first step towards a systematic description of this new and interesting direction of research. The monograph can be used by graduate students and researchers working with chaotic dynamical systems, control, synchronization and related fields.