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| Title: |
Chaos : Its significance and detection in biology |
| Author: |
Lloyd, A. L. Lloyd, D. |
| Appeared in: |
Biological rhythm research |
| Paging: | Volume 26 (1995) nr. 2 pages 233-252 |
| Year: |
1995-05 |
| Contents: |
Chaos is a mechanism which can generate random-looking time series from simple deterministic systems. We outline the idea of deterministic chaos and discuss some biological examples where chaos is believed to play a part. The benefits that biological systems may gain from exhibiting chaotic dynamics are discussed. Establishing whether a system exhibits chaotic dynamics by examining a time series consisting of observations of a single variable is not an easy task. Several sophisticated techniques are examined, including dimensional analysis, estimation of Lyapunov exponents and nonlinear forecasting. There are many difficulties in applying these techniques; often the data requirements are large and noise in the data can give misleading results. We discuss the method of surrogate data, which can help avoid fallacious results. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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