Synchronization of the Cardiac Pacemaker Model with Delayed Pulse-coupling
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https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2014.03.002Abstract
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.References
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