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- From: lakerb@rcwusr.bp.com
- Newsgroups: comp.theory.dynamic-sys
- Subject: Re: Refs on chaos in neural activity ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.174829.78@rcwusr>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 17:48:28 -0600
- References: <H.eg.UEnwI&3EHKA@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de> <erwin.725142195@trwacs>
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- In article <erwin.725142195@trwacs>, erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
- > lakerb@rcwusr.bp.com writes:
- >
- >><OPINION MODE ON>
- >>It seems that the chaos-focussed researchers can't see the forest for the
- >>trees. The "chaos" that is enamoured for its inherent "beauty" may, in fact,
- >>be conveying a set of signals bearing important information for the control of
- >>some neural process. Decoding the "chaos" that bears the message is likely to
- >>be less than fruitful ... the key is the range of the variation in the
- >>information borne by the "chaos".
- >><OPINION MODE OFF>
- >
- >>Robin Lake
- >>BP Research
- >>lake@rcwcl1.dnet.bp.com
- >
- > The chaos seen in Freeman's work appears to be associated with an
- > accessible hyperbolic critical point that is used as a starting point for
- > rapid pattern recognition. Another potential application of chaos is in
- > controlling a significant, naturally dissipative process at minimum cost.
- > A third application of chaos is in creating intelligent but unpredictable
- > behavior. (A good fighter pilot is chaotic.) In yet another context, the
- > "best" approach to non-zero-sum games with information collection is
- > inherently chaotic (and hence difficult for purely stimulus/response
- > systems to generate). Chaos can also be exploited for secure communication
- > between members of a distributed community. Chaos also resists stylized
- > attacks better than any periodic process (since the response time
- > distribution has a continuous Fourier spectrum).
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Do you mean a flat, constant Fourier spectrum. If so, unless the Chaos
- spectrum is non-flat in some other spectral domain, it would seem quite
- difficult to convey any information with such a spectrum.
-
- Rob Lake
- BP Research
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