Delay-Independent Design for Synchronization in Delayed-Coupled One-Dimensional Map Networks

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The present Letter proposes a design procedure for inducing synchronization in delayed-coupled one-dimensional map networks. We assume the practical situation where the connection delay, the detailed information about the network topology, and the number of the maps are unknown in advance. In such a situation, it is difficult to guarantee the stability of synchronization, since the local stability of a synchronized manifold is equivalent to that of a linear time-variant system. A sufficient condition in robust control theory helps us to derive a simple design procedure. The validity of our design procedure is numerically confirmed.