The purpose of this introductory book is to couple the teaching of chaotic circuit and systems theory with the use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

As such, it differs from other texts on chaos: first, it puts emphasis on combining theoretical methods, simulation tools and physical realization to help the reader gain an intuitive understanding of the properties of chaotic systems. Second, the "medium" used for physical realization is the FPGA. These devices are massively parallel architectures that can be configured to realize a variety of logic functions. Hence, FPGAs can be...

The aim of this book is to describe the essence of fractals and multifractals dynamics in the applications of bioscience and engineering, bioinformatics, and financial time series. To reach these aims, the book covers the basic idea, history, structure, methodology and analysis of fractals, the relationship between fractals and nonlinear dynamics, the applications of fractal and multifractal analysis in biomedical science, and how fractal signals and images are modelled by Iterated Function system. Illustrations and practical applications are given throughout the text to provide clear...

Chaos and nonlinear dynamics initially developed as a new emergent field with its foundation in physics and applied mathematics. The highly generic, interdisciplinary quality of the insights gained in the last few decades has spawned myriad applications in almost all branches of science and technology--and even well beyond. Wherever quantitative modeling and analysis of complex, nonlinear phenomena is required, chaos theory and its methods can play a key role.

his fourth volume concentrates on reviewing further relevant contemporary applications of chaotic and nonlinear dynamics...