Work

Restoring coordination to systems of nonidentical oscillators through third party pacing

Year: 2023

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: by a larger system of oscillators in which both are embedded. In previous work, we studied triads of identical oscillators and showed that bistability can be restored to a monostable dyad by coupling it to a third oscillator. Here, we generalize to triads of nonidentical oscillators with different natural frequencies. We show that a pair of such oscillators, whose frequency difference would cause their dynamics in isolation to be only monostable, can exhibit bistable dynamics when both are coupled to a third oscillator having an intermediate natural frequency. We discuss some applications of this work to social and neuroscience, including gerontology and healthy aging, as well as neurostimulation and the treatment of brain-based diseases, where our findings suggest intervention strategies for promoting coordination between heterogeneous components situated in larger social environments.

Source: AIP conference proceedings

DOI: 10.1063/5.0164525

Authors: Joseph McKinley, Mengsen Zhang, Alice Wead, Christine Williams, Emmanuelle Tognoli, Christopher Beetle

Institutions: Florida Atlantic University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Florida Atlantic University, Universidad del Atlántico, National Institute on Aging

Award: The Mathematics of Relatedness