Excitation-induced stability and phase transition: A review

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1093-1170

  Ibrahim, Raouf A ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive noise; Ecosystems; Inverted pendulum; Ising model; Langevin equation; Noise enhanced stability; Noise induced stability; Noise induced transition; Parametric excitation; Stabilization; Stochastic resonance; Tumor immune systems

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE NOISE; INVERTED PENDULUM; ISING MODELS; LANGEVIN EQUATIONS; NOISE ENHANCED STABILITY; NOISE INDUCED TRANSITIONS; PARAMETRIC EXCITATION; STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; TUMOR IMMUNE SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION;

EID: 33749637888     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: 17412986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546306069912     Document Type: Article

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