The book reports on the latest advances in and applications of fractional order control and synchronization of chaotic systems, explaining the concepts involved in a clear, matter-of-fact style. It consists of 30 original contributions written by eminent scientists and active researchers in the field that address theories, methods and applications in a number of research areas related to fractional order control and synchronization of chaotic systems, such as: fractional chaotic systems, hyperchaotic systems, complex systems, fractional order discrete chaotic systems, chaos control, chaos synchronization, jerk circuits, fractional chaotic systems with hidden attractors, neural network, fuzzy logic controllers, behavioral modeling, robust and adaptive control, sliding mode control, different types of synchronization, circuit realization of chaotic systems, etc.

Chapter 1 Comparative Study on Fractional Order PID and PID Controllers on Noise Suppression for Manipulator Trajectory Control.-Chapter 2 Control of the Temperature of a Finite Diffusive Interface Medium using the CRONE Controller.-Chapter 3 Grey Predictor Assisted Fuzzy and Fractional Order Fuzzy Control of a Moving Cart Inverted Pendulum.-Chapter 4 H¿ Design with Fractional-Order PI¿D¿ Type Controllers.-Chapter 5 On the Electronic Realizations of Fractional-Order Phase-Lead-Lag Compensators with OpAmps and FPAAs.- Chapter 6 Robust Adaptive Supervisory Fractional Order Controller for Optimal Energy Management in Wind Turbine with Battery Storage.-Chapter 7 Robust Adaptive Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Synchronization for a Class of Fractional Order Chaotic Systems.- Chapter 8 Optimal Fractional Order Proportional-Integral-Differential Controller for Inverted Pendulum with Reduced Order Linear Quadratic Regulator.-Chapter 9 Towards a Robust Fractional Order PIDStabilizer for Electric Power Systems.-Chapter 10 Application of Fractional Order Controllers on Experimental and Simulation Model of Hydraulic Servo System.