Nonlinear adaptive prediction of chaotic signals, which is a new concept that is clearlydifferent from the chaotic prediction theory based on phase space, is proposed.

• （3）首次研究了超混沌、时空混沌信号的非线性自适应预测问题，它们的非线性自适应预测性能主要取决于预测器的非线性表达能力和自适应算法的选择，与其它因素无关；