Dynamical Analysis and Control of a Carbon Credit Investment System with Chaotic Behavior and Fractional-Order Memory

Krzyuy, Sofia E.; Lenzi, Giane G.; Fuziki, Maria E. K.; Balthazar, Jose M.; Colpini, Leda M. S.; dos Santos, Onelia A. A.; Tusset, Angelo M.

doi:10.65582/gd.2026.010

Global Decarbonisation

Volume 2, 2026, Article 2026.010

Technical Article

Dynamical Analysis and Control of a Carbon Credit Investment System with Chaotic Behavior and Fractional-Order Memory

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¹Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil

²Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil

³Department of Mechanical Engineering, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

⁴Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Jandaia do Sul, Paraná, Brazil

⁵State University of Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Brazil

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Author contributions. <em>Sofia E. Krzyuy: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft, and Writing – Review & Editing. Giane G. Lenzi and Onelia A. A. dos Santos: Methodology, Formal analysis, and Writing – Review & Editing. Maria E. K. Fuziki: Data curation, Visualization, and Writing – Review & Editing. Angelo M. Tusset: Formal analysis and Writing – Review & Editing. Jose M. Balthazar: Supervision and Writing – Review & Editing. Leda M. S. Colpini: Conceptualization, Supervision, Project administration, and Writing – Review & Editing. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.</em>

Conflict of interest. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.

Data availability. The authors declare that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the paper. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.

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Dynamical Analysis and Control of a Carbon Credit Investment System with Chaotic Behavior and Fractional-Order Memory

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