TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicolis,John S.
TI  - Chaotic Dynamics Applied to Biological Information Processing
T2  - Mathematical Ecology
SN  - 9783112541357
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - SCIENCE / System Theory
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1 . Introduction --; 2. Symmetry and symmetry breaking. Information generation --; 3. Collisions versus iterations: A basic isomorphism between physical and symbolic dynamics (see also Appendix) --; 4. Lyapunov exponents of chaotic flows in multidimensional state space. The non-uniform factor NUF --; 5. A typical three-dimensional strange attractor. The Lorenz model --; 6. Parameters characterizing the average behaviour of chaotic strange attractors (dimensions, entropies, and Lyapunov exponents) --; 7. The electrical activity of the brain - should it be chaotic? --; 8. The problem of computational complexity --; 9. Application to cognitive processess: The "magic number seven" plus-minus two revisited --; 10. Intermlttency In perception and communication processes --; 11 . Thermodynamics of (fractal) curves and patterns In the plane --; 12. Concluding remarks --; Appendix: A physical system composed of N hard spheres --; References; restricted access; Issued also in print
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112541364
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783112541364
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783112541364/original
ER  -