title: Information theoretic approach to quantify complete and phase synchronization of chaos.
abstract: Based on an information theory approach we suggest a quantitative characteristic for evaluating the degree of chaotic synchronization. The proposed characteristic is tested for the cases of complete and phase synchronization of chaos. It is shown that this characteristic is stable with respect to the influence of small noise and nonlinear signal distortion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya 83, Saratov, Russia.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shabunin
authors.forename: V
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authors.lastname: Demidov
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authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Astakhov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anishchenko