Adaptation to the edge of chaos in the self-adjusting logistic map

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Jun 26;84(26 Pt 1):5991-3. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5991.

Abstract

Self-adjusting, or adaptive, systems have gathered much recent interest. We present a model for self-adjusting systems which treats the control parameters of the system as slowly varying, rather than constant. The dynamics of these parameters is governed by a low-pass filtered feedback from the dynamical variables of the system. We apply this model to the logistic map and examine the behavior of the control parameter. We find that the parameter leaves the chaotic regime. We observe a high probability of finding the parameter at the boundary between periodicity and chaos. We therefore find that this system exhibits adaptation to the edge of chaos.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Biological*
  • Animals
  • Coleoptera
  • Environment
  • Feedback
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Logistic Models*
  • Mathematical Computing
  • Models, Biological
  • Nonlinear Dynamics*