Dynamics of nonlinear time-delay systems. (Q992761)

The book is well organized and presents the most important classical and modern essentials of chaotic time delay systems and synchronization. It is suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as practical engineers and researchers interested in dynamics of nonlinear time-delay systems and synchronization. The book is organized as follows: The first four chapters (`Delay differential equations (DDEs)'; `Linear stability and bifurcation analysis'; `Bifurcation and chaos in time-delayed piecewise linear dynamical system'; `A few other interesting chaotic delay differential equations') introduce the basics concerning time-delay systems. Chapters 5 and 6 deal with amplitude death caused by delay, with time-delay induced bifurcations, chimera states and networks with time-delay feedback/coupling. ``Different types of synchronizations (complete, generalized, lag, anticipatory and phase) and their transitions in coupled time-delay systems with constant delay are the topics of the Chapters 7-10.'' Chapter 11 deals with `DTM induced oscillating synchronization', and Chapter 12 addresses the subject `Exact solution of certain time delay systems: the car-following models'. In the appendices the following topics are discussed: A: `Computing Lyapunov exponents for time-delay systems'; B: `A brief introduction to synchronization in chaotic dynamical system'; C: `Recurrence analysis'; D: `Some more examples of DDEs'. References are given for each appendix.