New method speeds up stabilisation of chaotic systems
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 05:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —When chaos threatens, speed is essential; for example, when a pacemaker needs to stabilise an irregular heartbeat or a robot has to react to the information received from its environment. Both cases require imposing a stable, organised state on a chaotic system. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen and the University of Göttingen have developed a method for accelerating control. The key to success: A less invasive approach that cleverly exploits the natural behaviour of the system.