| Chaotic Synchronization: Applications to Living Systems Contributor(s): Maistrenko, Yuri L. (Author), Mosekilde, Erik (Author), Postnov, Dmitry (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810247893 ISBN-13: 9789810247898 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $150.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Chaotic Behavior In Systems - Science | System Theory - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 003.857 |
| LCCN: 2002511018 |
| Series: World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science Series a |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.5" (1.60 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interacting chaotic oscillators are of interest in many areas of physics, biology, and engineering. In the biological sciences, for instance, one of the challenging problems is to understand how a group of cells or functional units, each displaying complicated nonlinear dynamic phenomena, can interact with one another to produce a coherent response on a higher organizational level.This book is a guide to the fascinating new concept of chaotic synchronization. The topics covered range from transverse stability and riddled basins of attraction in a system of two coupled logistic maps over partial synchronization and clustering in systems of many chaotic oscillators, to noise-induced synchronization of coherence resonance oscillators. Other topics treated in the book are on-off intermittency and the role of the absorbing and mixed absorbing areas, periodic orbit threshold theory, the influence of a small parameter mismatch, and different mechanisms for chaotic phase synchronization.The biological examples include synchronization of the bursting behavior of coupled insulin-producing beta cells, chaotic phase synchronization in the pressure and flow regulation of neighboring functional units of the kidney, and homoclinic transitions to phase synchronization in microbiological reactors. |
