the effect of control strength on lag synchronization of nonlinear coupled complex networks控制强度的影响滞后非线性耦合的复杂网络的同步.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Abstract and Applied Analysis Volume 2012, Article ID 810364, 11 pages doi:10.1155/2012/810364 Research Article The Effect of Control Strength on Lag Synchronization of Nonlinear Coupled Complex Networks Shuguo Wang1 and Hongxing Yao2, 3 1 Department of Mathematics and Physics, Changzhou Campus, Hohai University, Jiangsu, Changzhou 213022, China 2 Faculty of Science, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Zhenjiang 212013, China 3 School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Zhenjiang 212013, China Correspondence should be addressed to Shuguo Wang, wsg97@163.com Received 15 March 2012; Accepted 16 May 2012 Academic Editor: Tingwen Huang Copyright q 2012 S. Wang and H. Yao. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This paper mainly investigates the lag synchronization of nonlinear coupled complex networks using methods that are based on pinning control, where the weight configuration matrix is not necessarily symmetric or irreducible. We change the control strength into a parameter concerning time t, by using the Lyapunov direct method, some sufficient conditions of lag synchronization are obtained. To validate the proposed method, numerical simulation examples are provided to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed scheme. 1. Introduction In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the investigation of complex networks in various fields. In fact, complex networks are shown to widely exist in our life. Common examples of complex networks include the Internet, the World Wide Web WWW, food webs, scientific citation webs, as well as many other sy