Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Nonlinear Systems: Asymptotic Methods, Stability, Chaos, Control, and Optimization

• Nonlinear Systems: Asymptotic Methods, Stability, Chaos, Control, and Optimization, Geraldo Nunes Silva, Maria do Rosário de Pinho, Marco Antonio Teixeira, Marcelo Messias, and Elbert Macau
  Editorial (4 pages), Article ID 498751, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Numerical Integration and Synchronization for the 3-Dimensional Metriplectic Volterra System, Gheorghe Ivan, Mihai Ivan, and Camelia Pop
  Research Article (11 pages), Article ID 723629, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Nonlinear Dynamics of a Periodically Driven Duffing Resonator Coupled to a Van der Pol Oscillator, X. Wei, M. F. Randrianandrasana, M. Ward, and D. Lowe
  Research Article (16 pages), Article ID 248328, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Chaos Synchronization Using Adaptive Dynamic Neural Network Controller with Variable Learning Rates, Chih-Hong Kao, Chun-Fei Hsu, Chih-Hu Wang, and Hon-Son Don
  Research Article (20 pages), Article ID 701671, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Hybrid Taguchi-Differential Evolution Algorithm for Parameter Estimation of Differential Equation Models with Application to HIV Dynamics, Wen-Hsien Ho and Agnes Lai-Fong Chan
  Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 514756, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Vibration Attenuation in Rotating Machines Using Smart Spring Mechanism, Aldemir Ap. Cavalini Jr., Thiago Vianna Galavotti, Tobias Souza Morais, Edson Hideki Koroishi, and Valder Steffen Jr.
  Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 340235, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Deformation Calculating of Electromagnetic Launcher's Rail Subjected to Sinusoidal Magnetic Pressure, Liu Wen, Shi Lei, and Bai Xiangzhong
  Research Article (12 pages), Article ID 920651, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Homotopy Analysis Method for Nonlinear Dynamical System of an Electrostatically Actuated Microcantilever, Y. M. Chen, G. Meng, J. K. Liu, and J. P. Jing
  Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 173459, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Less Conservative Fuzzy Control for Discrete-Time Takagi-Sugeno Systems, Leonardo Amaral Mozelli and Reinaldo Martinez Palhares
  Research Article (21 pages), Article ID 361640, Volume 2011 (2011)
• A Note on Stabilization of Discrete Nonlinear Systems, Fengjun Tang and Rong Yuan
  Research Article (6 pages), Article ID 306031, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Adaptive Control of Chaos in Chua's Circuit, Weiping Guo and Diantong Liu
  Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 620946, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Multipulse Chaotic Dynamics for a Laminated Composite Piezoelectric Plate, J. H. Zhang and W. Zhang
  Research Article (11 pages), Article ID 148906, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Interval Type-2 Recurrent Fuzzy Neural System for Nonlinear Systems Control Using Stable Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation Algorithm, Ching-Hung Lee and Feng-Yu Chang
  Research Article (21 pages), Article ID 102436, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Generalized Synchronization between Two Complex Dynamical Networks with Time-Varying Delay and Nonlinear Coupling, Qiuxiang Bian and Hongxing Yao
  Research Article (15 pages), Article ID 978612, Volume 2011 (2011)
• New Nonlinear Controller for a Class of Chaotic Systems Based on Adaptive Backstepping Fuzzy-Immune Control, Kai-Shiuan Shih, Tzuu-Hseng S. Li, and Shun-Hung Tsai
  Research Article (20 pages), Article ID 439324, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Nonlinear Mathematical Modeling in Pneumatic Servo Position Applications, Antonio Carlos Valdiero, Carla Silvane Ritter, Cláudio Fernando Rios, and Marat Rafikov
  Research Article (16 pages), Article ID 472903, Volume 2011 (2011)
• The Nonlinear Instability Modes of Dished Shallow Shells under Circular Line Loads, Liu Chang-Jiang, Zheng Zhou-Lian, Huang Cong-Bing, He Xiao-Ting, Sun Jun-Yi, and Chen Shan-Lin
  Research Article (21 pages), Article ID 793798, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Digital Control of a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor, M. P. Di Ciccio, M. Bottini, and P. Pepe
  Research Article (18 pages), Article ID 439785, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Dynamics of an Autoparametric Pendulum-Like System with a Nonlinear Semiactive Suspension, Krzysztof Kecik and Jerzy Warminski
  Research Article (15 pages), Article ID 451047, Volume 2011 (2011)
• A Flatness-Based Controller for the Stabilization of the Inverted Pendulum, Carlos Aguilar-Ibáñez, Hebertt Sira-Ramírez, and Miguel S. Suárez-Castañón
  Research Article (11 pages), Article ID 659685, Volume 2011 (2011)
• A Multivariable Adaptive Control Approach for Stabilization of a Cart-Type Double Inverted Pendulum, I. Hassanzadeh, A. Nejadfard, and M. Zadi
  Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 970786, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Fictitious Domain Technique for the Calculation of Time-Periodic Solutions of Scattering Problem, Ling Rao and Hongquan Chen
  Research Article (12 pages), Article ID 503791, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Planetary Satellite Orbiters: Applications for the Moon, Jean Paulo dos Santos Carvalho, Rodolpho Vilhena de Moraes, and Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado
  Research Article (19 pages), Article ID 187478, Volume 2011 (2011)
• Solution to the Linear Fractional Differential Equation Using Adomian Decomposition Method, Jin-Fa Cheng and Yu-Ming Chu
  Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 587068, Volume 2011 (2011)
• An Algorithm for Optimally Fitting a Wiener Model, Lucas P. Beverlin, Derrick K. Rollins, Nisarg Vyas, and David Andre
  Research Article (15 pages), Article ID 570509, Volume 2011 (2011)