NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, vol.26, no.4, pp.309-329, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
First-order approximate symmetries of weakly nonlinear, damped-driven oscillators have been determined. First-order approximate first integrals have been obtained by employing an approximate version of Noether's theorem for the conservative case. Furthermore, approximate first integrals of the damped case have been obtained based on the first integrals of the conservative case. Approximate first integrals enabled us to identify three types of generic bifurcations. Analytical results have been verified by numerical experiments.