Synchronizing chaotic dynamics with uncertainties based on a sliding mode control design.

The synchronization of two chaotic systems with uncertainties is studied in this paper. A feedback controller is provided based on a sliding mode control design. A kind of extended state observer is used to compensate for the systems' uncertainties, such as the structure difference or parameter mismatching, using only the available synchronizing error. Then the feedback controller becomes physically realizable based on the states of the observer, and can be used to synchronize two continuous chaotic systems. Illustrative examples of the synchronization of Duffing and Van der Pol oscillators as well as two Lorenz systems with parameter mismatching are proposed to show the effectiveness of this method.