title: Robust convergence in pulse-coupled oscillators with delays.
abstract: We show that for pulse-coupled oscillators a class of phase response curves with both excitation and inhibition exhibit robust convergence to synchrony on arbitrary aperiodic connected graphs with delays. We describe the basins of convergence and give explicit bounds on the convergence times. These results provide new and more robust methods for synchronization of sensor nets and also have biological implications.
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics