The aim of this Book is to give an overview, based on the results of nearly three decades of
intensive research, of transient chaos. One belief that motivates us to write this book is that …

Phenomena occurring in a particular class of nonlinear oscillatory systems—zero-dispersion
systems—are reviewed for cases with and without damping while the system is driven either …

We report microwave-frequency magnetization dynamics coexcited by alternating spin
torque and thermal fluctuations. In these dynamics, temperature strongly enhances the …

We study a parametrically modulated oscillator that has two stable states of vibration at half
the modulation frequency ω F. Fluctuations of the oscillator lead to interstate switching. A …

We consider optimal vaccination protocol where the vaccine is in short supply. In this case,
the endemic state remains dynamically stable; disease extinction happens at random and …

We study the noise-induced escape process in a prototype dissipative nonequilibrium
system, the Ikeda map. In the presence of a chaotic saddle embedded in the basin of …

When a dynamical system exhibits transient chaos and a nonchaotic attractor, as in a
periodic window, noise can induce a chaotic attractor. In particular, when the noise …

Fluctuational transitions between two coexisting chaotic attractors, separated by a fractal
basin boundary, are studied in a discrete dynamical system. It is shown that the transition …

The noise-induced escape mechanism is investigated for a prototype time-discrete
nonequilibrium system describing a laser in a ring cavity with optical feedback, the Ikeda …

We study fluctuational transitions in discrete and continuous dynamical systems that have
two coexisting attractors in phase space, separated by a fractal basin boundary which may …