Using Strange Attractors to Control Sound Processing in Live Electroacoustic Composition

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Miroslav Spasov
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Live Electronics ◽  
Tenor Saxophone ◽  
Sound Processing ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Interactive Composition ◽  
Mathematical Equations

This article explores the possibility of using chaotic attractors to control sound processing with software instruments in live electroacoustic composition. The practice-led investigation involves the Attractors Library, a collection of Max/MSP externals based on iterative mathematical equations representing nonlinear dynamical systems; Attractors Player, a Max/MSP patch that controls the attractors' performance and live processing; and the two compositions based on the software: Strange Attractions for flute, clarinet, horn, and live electronics, and Sabda Vidya No. 2 for flute, tenor saxophone, and live electronics. In the article I discuss some specific attractors' characteristics and their use in interactive composition, relying on the experience from the performances of these two compositions. The idea is to highlight the experience with these nonlinear systems and to encourage other composers to use them in their own works.

Generating Fully Bounded Chaotic Attractors

2013 ◽  
pp. 148-153
Author(s):  
Zeraoulia Elhadj
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Phase Portraits ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Dynamical Properties ◽  
The Given

Generating chaotic attractors from nonlinear dynamical systems is quite important because of their applicability in sciences and engineering. This paper considers a class of 2-D mappings displaying fully bounded chaotic attractors for all bifurcation parameters. It describes in detail the dynamical behavior of this map, along with some other dynamical phenomena. Also presented are some phase portraits and some dynamical properties of the given simple family of 2-D discrete mappings.

Carathe´odory Controllability Criterion for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Langholz ◽  
M. Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical System ◽  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Linear Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Modern Control Theory ◽  
Open Question ◽  
Modern Control

The question of whether a system is controllable or not is of prime importance in modern control theory and has been actively researched in recent years. While it is a solved problem for linear systems, it is still an open question when dealing with bilinear and nonlinear systems. In this paper, a controllability criterion is established based on a theorem by Carathe´odory. By associating a given dynamical system with a certain Pfaffian equation, it is argued that the system is controllable (uncontrollable) if its associated Pfaffian form is nonintegrable (integrable).

Generating Fully Bounded Chaotic Attractors

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Zeraoulia Elhadj
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Phase Portraits ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Dynamical Properties ◽  
The Given

Generating chaotic attractors from nonlinear dynamical systems is quite important because of their applicability in sciences and engineering. This paper considers a class of 2-D mappings displaying fully bounded chaotic attractors for all bifurcation parameters. It describes in detail the dynamical behavior of this map, along with some other dynamical phenomena. Also presented are some phase portraits and some dynamical properties of the given simple family of 2-D discrete mappings.

scholarly journals Dynamical Movement Primitives: Learning Attractor Models for Motor Behaviors

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Auke Jan Ijspeert ◽  
Jun Nakanishi ◽  
Heiko Hoffmann ◽  
Peter Pastor ◽  
Stefan Schaal
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Emergent Behavior ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Movement Primitives ◽  
Model Complex ◽  
Linear Differential ◽  
Goal Directed Behavior

Nonlinear dynamical systems have been used in many disciplines to model complex behaviors, including biological motor control, robotics, perception, economics, traffic prediction, and neuroscience. While often the unexpected emergent behavior of nonlinear systems is the focus of investigations, it is of equal importance to create goal-directed behavior (e.g., stable locomotion from a system of coupled oscillators under perceptual guidance). Modeling goal-directed behavior with nonlinear systems is, however, rather difficult due to the parameter sensitivity of these systems, their complex phase transitions in response to subtle parameter changes, and the difficulty of analyzing and predicting their long-term behavior; intuition and time-consuming parameter tuning play a major role. This letter presents and reviews dynamical movement primitives, a line of research for modeling attractor behaviors of autonomous nonlinear dynamical systems with the help of statistical learning techniques. The essence of our approach is to start with a simple dynamical system, such as a set of linear differential equations, and transform those into a weakly nonlinear system with prescribed attractor dynamics by means of a learnable autonomous forcing term. Both point attractors and limit cycle attractors of almost arbitrary complexity can be generated. We explain the design principle of our approach and evaluate its properties in several example applications in motor control and robotics.

scholarly journals Chaos and Complexity Dynamics of Evolutionary Systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lal Mohan Saha
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Asymptotic Stability ◽  
Chaotic Motion ◽  
Correlation Dimension ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Chaotic Attractors ◽  
Tabular Form ◽  
Bifurcation Diagrams ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical

Chaotic phenomena and presence of complexity in various nonlinear dynamical systems extensively discussed in the context of recent researches. Discrete as well as continuous dynamical systems both considered here. Visualization of regularity and chaotic motion presented through bifurcation diagrams by varying a parameter of the system while keeping other parameters constant. In the processes, some perfect indicator of regularity and chaos discussed with appropriate examples. Measure of chaos in terms of Lyapunov exponents and that of complexity as increase in topological entropies discussed. The methodology to calculate these explained in details with exciting examples. Regular and chaotic attractors emerging during the study are drawn and analyzed. Correlation dimension, which provides the dimensionality of a chaotic attractor discussed in detail and calculated for different systems. Results obtained presented through graphics and in tabular form. Two techniques of chaos control, pulsive feedback control and asymptotic stability analysis, discussed and applied to control chaotic motion for certain cases. Finally, a brief discussion held for the concluded investigation.

Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Their Stability, and Chaos

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amol Marathe ◽  
Rama Govindarajan
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Fluid Mechanics ◽  
Fixed Points ◽  
Chaotic Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Detailed Explanation

This introduction to nonlinear systems is written for students of fluid mechanics, so connections are made throughout the text to familiar fluid flow systems. The aim is to present how nonlinear systems are qualitatively different from linear and to outline some simple procedures by which an understanding of nonlinear systems may be attempted. Considerable attention is paid to linear systems in the vicinity of fixed points, and it is discussed why this is relevant for nonlinear systems. A detailed explanation of chaos is not given, but a flavor of chaotic systems is presented. The focus is on physical understanding and not on mathematical rigor.

scholarly journals Symmetries and itineracy in nonlinear systems with many degrees of freedom

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 813-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Breakspear ◽  
Karl Friston
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical

Tsuda examines the potential contribution of nonlinear dynamical systems, with many degrees of freedom, to understanding brain function. We offer suggestions concerning symmetry and transients to strengthen the physiological motivation and theoretical consistency of this novel research direction: Symmetry plays a fundamental role, theoretically and in relation to real brains. We also highlight a distinction between chaotic “transience” and “itineracy.”

Periodic Flows to Chaos Based on Discrete Implicit Mappings of Continuous Nonlinear Systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert C. J. Luo
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Duffing Oscillator ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
Periodic Flows ◽  
Mapping Structures ◽  
Stability And Bifurcations

This paper presents a semi-analytical method for periodic flows in continuous nonlinear dynamical systems. For the semi-analytical approach, differential equations of nonlinear dynamical systems are discretized to obtain implicit maps, and a mapping structure based on the implicit maps is employed for a periodic flow. From mapping structures, periodic flows in nonlinear dynamical systems are predicted analytically and the corresponding stability and bifurcations of the periodic flows are determined through the eigenvalue analysis. The periodic flows predicted by the single-step implicit maps are discussed first, and the periodic flows predicted by the multistep implicit maps are also presented. Periodic flows in time-delay nonlinear dynamical systems are discussed by the single-step and multistep implicit maps. The time-delay nodes in discretization of time-delay nonlinear systems were treated by both an interpolation and a direct integration. Based on the discrete nodes of periodic flows in nonlinear dynamical systems with/without time-delay, the discrete Fourier series responses of periodic flows are presented. To demonstrate the methodology, the bifurcation tree of period-1 motion to chaos in a Duffing oscillator is presented as a sampled problem. The method presented in this paper can be applied to nonlinear dynamical systems, which cannot be solved directly by analytical methods.

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