Temporary order amid chaos
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 29 (5) , 2866-2870
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.29.2866
Abstract
Under parameter fluctuations an erratic motion can settle into a nearby approximate cycle, which eventually decays if the orbit is perturbed. Such temporary patterns are studied in the framework of iterative maps of probability distributions. The usefulness of such a structure in modeling the mortality of living systems is pointed out.Keywords
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