SYNCHRONIZATION OF CHAOS AND ITS ITINERANCY FROM A NETWORK BY OCCASIONAL LINEAR CONNECTION

This paper proposes a network of continuous-time chaotic cells and con siders its dynamics. The cell includes a bipolar hysteresis whose thre sholds vary periodically. The cell exhibits chaos and various stable p eriodic orbits. We have classified these phenomena in a bifurcation di agram and have clarified basic generation mechanism of these phenomena . The network is constructed by using the Occasional Linear Connection method that connects the cells occasionally by using a sampled state of each cell, The network exhibits various phenomena: synchronization of stable periodic orbits, synchronization of chaos, and chaotic itine rancy, We have classified these phenomena and have clarified their exi stence condition. These results are guaranteed theoretically and are v erified in the laboratory.