simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) (05/22/88)
Volume: 2, Issue: 6, Sat May 21 15:36:18 EDT 1988 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) Chaos in Simulations Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida Send topical mail to: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Send administrative mail (subscribing/unsubscribing) to: simulation-request@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 May 88 15:34:08 EDT From: Paul Fishwick <fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu> To: simulation@ufl.edu Subject: chaos and simulation After having read James Gleick's book on "Chaos" I seem to be looking for chaotic/fractal behavior everywhere! Question: Has anyone had a simulation written in, say, GPSS or SLAM that has exhibited forms of chaotic behavior? In particular, I'm wondering if certain discrete event models that contain nonlinear methods might contain strange attractors -- perhaps we should take out the old time series data collected from old experiments and plot them in the phase plane! Many of the interesting facets of the book simply contain new ways of looking at old data. In particular, experimenters should probably pay more attention to what was previously considered "noise." Any thoughts? -paul +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Paul A. Fishwick.......... INTERNET: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu | | Dept. of Computer Science. UUCP: {gatech|ihnp4}!codas!uflorida!fishwick| | Univ. of Florida.......... PHONE: (904)-335-8036 | | Bldg. CSE, Room 301....... FACS is available | | Gainesville, FL 32611..... | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------+ | END OF SIMULATION DIGEST | +--------------------------+