Optimal Control of a Chaotic Map: Fixed Point Stabilization and Attractor Confinement

Abstract

Optimal control is applied to a chaotic system. Reference is made to a well-known one-dimensional map. Firstly, attention is devoted to the stabilization of a fixed point. An optimal controller is obtained and compared with other controllers which are popular in the control of chaos. Secondly, allowance is made for uncertainty and emphasis is placed on the reduction rather than the suppression of chaos. The aim becomes that of confining a chaotic attractor within a prescribed region of the state space. A controller fulfilling this task is obtained as the solution of a min-max optimal control problem.