Zhang, D.Shi, P.Chambers, J.2025-03-182025-03-182024Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2024; 361(17):107243-1-107243-100016-00321879-2693https://hdl.handle.net/2440/143913In this paper, the problem of synchronization control of cyber–physical systems with timevarying dynamics under Denial-of-Service attacks is studied. The communication channels of the synchronization protocol between the subsystems in the cyber–physical systems may be injected into DoS attacks. To counteract the adverse effects of these attacks on synchronization, a target reference model is initially created for each subsystem to mimic its standard operational dynamics. Subsequently, utilizing this reference model, an adaptive compensator is proposed. The unified synchronization protocol guarantees that the synchronization error remains minimal through the adjustment of specific parameters, even under DoS attacks. To showcase the efficiency of this approach, an illustrative numerical simulation example is conducted.en© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The Franklin Institute. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Synchronization control; Cyber–physical systems; Time-varying dynamics; Denial-of-service attacksJournal article10.1016/j.jfranklin.2024.107243707507Zhang, D. [0000-0003-1848-7518]Shi, P. [0000-0001-6295-0405] [0000-0001-8218-586X] [0000-0002-0864-552X] [0000-0002-1358-2367] [0000-0002-5312-5435]