Rapid exploration of alternatives via chaos.

doi:10.1016/0303-2647(94)90034-5

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Rapid exploration of alternatives via chaos.

Bio Systems - 1 Jan 1994

Woo C H

Abstract excerpt

Temporary chaos facilitates a rapid exploration of alternative asymptotic possibilities. The phenomenon of alternative-exploration via chaos is shown to have a finite probability of occurrence for a class of dynamical systems, the evolution of which is described by (complex) analytic maps. The ab...

Topics

Adaptation, Biological
Biological Evolution
Mutation
Nonlinear Dynamics

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