Abstract
In this work, we introduce and investigate the modified projective lag synchronization (MPLS) of two nonidentical hyperchaotic complex nonlinear systems. The idea of an active control technique based on complex Lyapunov function with lag in time is used for an approach to investigate MPLS of hyperchaotic attractors of these systems. For illustration, this approach is applied to hyperchaotic complex Chen and Lu systems. Numerical results are calculated to test the validity of the analytical expressions of control functions to achieve MPLS.