ICNPAA 2010: Mathematical Problems in
Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences

In this work, we address the problem of how to exploit the dynamics behind a chaotic transient behavior to improve system performance and adaptability to many operational conditions requests. The phenomenon of chaotic transient is explained as due to the presence of a chaotic saddle in the phase space. Different systems operation points can be associated to the set of unstable periodic orbits that exists embedded in the chaotic saddle. A classical control procedure associated with a control of chaos strategy is proposed as a methodology to quickly guide system trajectories among different operation points and to keep the system on a particular operation point. The methodology is applied on an electronic circuit system.