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- From: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
- Subject: >>>Refs on chaos in neural activity ?
- Message-ID: <erwin.725225662@trwacs>
- Organization: TRW Systems Division, Fairfax VA
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:34:22 GMT
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- Our newsmaster (me) has been learning about batching the hard way. The
- following is being reposted:
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- >References: <H.eg.UEnwI&3EHKA@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de> <1992Dec21.182154.4670@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Dec23.110835.77@rcwusr>
- >Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:23:15 GMT
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- 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).
-
- Cheers,
- --
- Harry Erwin
- Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com
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