Delayed feedback control method for dynamical systems with chaotic saddles

Abstract

We consider systems whose orbits diverge after chaotic transient for a finite time, and propose a controlmethod for preventing the divergence. These systems generally possess not chaotic attractors but some chaotic saddles. Our aim of control, i.e., the prevention of divergence, is achieved through the stabilization of unstable periodic orbits embedded in the chaotic saddle by making use of the delayed feedback controlmethod. The key concept of our control strategy is the application of the Proper Interior Maximum (PIM) triple method and the method to detect unstable periodic orbits from time series, originally developed by Lathrop and Kostelich, as initial steps before adding the delayed feedback control input. We show that our control method can be applied to the Hénon map and an intermittent androgen suppression (IAS) therapy model, which is a model for therapy of advanced prostate cancer. The fact that our method can be applied to the IAS therapy model indicates that our control strategy may be useful in the therapy of advanced prostate cancer.