New book announcement

[Johan Suykens]

- New Book announcement -

''Cellular Neural Networks, Multi-Scroll Chaos and Synchronization''
  Mustak E. Yalcin, Johan A.K. Suykens and Joos P.L. Vandewalle

  World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series A - Vol. 50,
  World Scientific Pub. Co., Singapore, 2005 (ISBN 981-256-161-7)

  Information at:
  http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/chaoslab/
  http://www.wspc.com/books/chaos/5753.html

Contents-

1. Introduction

2. Cellular Neural/Nonlinear Networks
 - CNN
 - CNN models
 - CNN universal machine: a visual microprocessor
 - New research directions in CNNs

3. Multi-scroll Chaotic and Hyperchaotic Attractors
 - Chua's circuit
 - Generalized Chua's circuit
 - Families of scroll grid attractors
 - Multi-scroll hyperchaotic attractors
 - Scroll maps from n-scroll attractors
 - Lur'e representations

4. Synchronization of Chaotic Lur'e Systems
 - Synchronization
 - Master-slave synchronization: autonomous case
 - Robust synchronization
 - Time-delay synchronization scheme
 - Nonlinear Hinfty synchronization: non-autonomous case
 - Robust nonlinear Hinfty synchronization
 - Impulsive synchronization
 - Controller design
 - Examples

5. Engineering Applications
 - Chaos in communications
 - Chaotic systems in optimization
 - Random number generators and cryptography
 - Image/Video authentication on CNN-UM
 - CNN template tuning

6. General conclusions and future work