TY - JOUR A1 - Levanova, T. A. A1 - Osipov, Grigory V. A1 - Pikovskij, Arkadij T1 - Coherence properties of cycling chaos JF - Communications in nonlinear science & numerical simulation N2 - Cycling chaos is a heteroclinic connection between several chaotic attractors, at which switchings between the chaotic sets occur at growing time intervals. Here we characterize the coherence properties of these switchings, considering nearly periodic regimes that appear close to the cycling chaos due to imperfections or to instability. Using numerical simulations of coupled Lorenz, Roessler, and logistic map models, we show that the coherence is high in the case of imperfection (so that asymptotically the cycling chaos is very regular), while it is low close to instability of the cycling chaos. (C) 2014 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved. KW - Heteroclinic cycle KW - Chaos KW - Coherence Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2014.01.011 SN - 1007-5704 SN - 1878-7274 VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 2734 EP - 2739 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -