Synchronization of the Cardiac Pacemaker Model with Delayed Pulse-coupling

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  • M. Akhmet Department of Mathematics and Institute of Applied Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey Author

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https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2014.03.002

Abstract

We reconsider the C. Peskin model of the cardiac pacemaker assuming that pulse-couplings are delayed. Sufficient conditions for synchronization of identical and non-identical oscillators are obtained. The results are demon- strated with numerical simulations.

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Akhmet, M. (2026). Synchronization of the Cardiac Pacemaker Model with Delayed Pulse-coupling. Discontinuity, Nonlinearity, and Complexity, 3(1), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2014.03.002