Synchronization of coupled kicked limit cycle systems

A class of kicked nonlinear limit cycle oscillators is described by a proto type circle map. We consider a spatially extended system in which these map s are coupled in a unidimensional lattice, according to a coupling scheme t hat includes the global (mean-field) and local (nearest-neighbor) prescript ions as limiting cases. We analyze frequency synchronization in the system, investigating its behavior under variations of the coupling parameters. (C ) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.