Poincare Map Method for Limit Cycles in a Max-Plus Dynamical System

Abstract

Dynamical properties of limit cycles in a two-dimensional max-plus dynamical system are discussed. We apply a Poincare map method to the limit cycles in order to reveal their stabilities. This method reduces the two dimensional system to a one-dimensional piecewise linear discrete dynamical system composed of the Poincare map and its cross section. Basins for one of the limit cycles are derived by considering the inverse system of the original model. It is found that the obtained basins show a hierarchic structure. Relationship between the Poincare map method and the method of piecewise linear mapping studied in integrable system theory for the limit cycles is discussed.