Self-organizing synchronization with inhibitory-coupled oscillators: Convergence and robustness

ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Klinglmayr, Johannes ^a   Bettstetter, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Lakeside Labs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Delayed system; Engineering emergent behavior; Heterogeneous system; Inhibitory coupling; Networked systems; Pulse coupled oscillators; Self organization; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

DELAYED SYSTEMS; EMERGENT BEHAVIORS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; INHIBITORY COUPLING; NETWORKED SYSTEMS; PULSE COUPLED OSCILLATORS; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 84864369004     PISSN: 15564665     EISSN: 15564703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2348832.2348833     Document Type: Article

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