Finite-time Lyapunov exponents in time-delayed nonlinear dynamical systems

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Mar;89(3):032918. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.032918. Epub 2014 Mar 25.

Abstract

We introduce a method for the calculation of finite-time Lyapunov exponents in time-delayed nonlinear dynamical systems. We apply the method to the Mackey-Glass model with time-delayed feedback. We investigate the standard deviation of the probability distribution of the finite-time Lyapunov exponents when the finite time or the delay time is changed. It is found that the standard deviation decreases in a power-law scaling with the exponent ∼0.5 as the finite time or the delay time is increased. Similar results are obtained for the finite-time Lyapunov spectrum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't