Nonlinear control of dynamical systems from time series.

Feedback control of multidimensional, nonlinear single-input single-output systems is formulated in terms of an invariant hypersurface in the delayed state space of a system observable and a control parameter. The surface is created directly from the response of the system to random perturbations, providing a model-independent nonlinear control algorithm. The algorithm can be used to stabilize unstable states or to drive a system to any particular objective state in a minimum number of steps. [S0031-9007(96)00095-6]