Noise-resistant chaotic maps

Synchronized chaotic systems are highly vulnerable to noise added to the synchronizing signal. It was previously shown that chaotic circuits could be built that were less sensitive to this type of noise. In this work, simple chaotic maps are demonstrated that are also less sensitive to added noise. These maps are based on coupling a shift map to a digital filter. These maps are simple enough that they should help lead to an understanding of how noise-robust chaotic systems work. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.