REAL-TIME AND ADAPTIVE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSING A PATHOLOGICAL NON-CHAOTIC RHYTHM

Low-dimensional real-world chaotic or non-chaotic dynamical systems are controlled by a model-independent control technique that does not require knowledge of the system's governing equations or a pre-control learning stage. Control is applied to a real-world system by estimating the desired unstable periodic fixed point, determining the value of a perturbation that will be made to a readily-accessible system parameter, entering the perturbation to the system, and adaptively adjusting the control sensitivity in order to force the system toward its unstable periodic fixed point. Control is repeated periodically and maintained indefinitely or for a predetermined length of time.