Abstract
Based on Lyapunov theory, the adaptive generalized synchronization between Chen system and a multi-scroll chaotic system is investigated. According to the form of target function a proper adaptive controller is designed, by which the controlled Chen system can be synchronized with a multi-scroll chaotic system including unknown parameters. The Lyapunov direct method is exploited to prove that the synchronization error and parameter identification error both converge to zero. Numerical simulation results verify the feasibility of the proposed method further.