Design of an adaptive sliding mode controller for synchronization of fractional-order chaotic systems

In this paper, the synchronization of fractional-order chaotic systems is investigated. Based on sliding mode control and adaptive control theory, a fractional order integral sliding surface with strong robustness is designed, and an adaptive sliding controller is proposed for synchronizing the fractional-order chaotic systems with retaining the nonlinear part. Numerical simulations on synchronizing the Chen chaotic systems, the Liu chaotic systems, and Arneodo chaotic systems are carried out separately. The simulation results show the validity and feasibility of the adaptive sliding controller.