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In article <erwin.725142195@trwacs>, erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
> 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). 
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do you mean a flat, constant Fourier spectrum.  If so, unless the Chaos
spectrum is non-flat in some other spectral domain, it would seem quite
difficult to convey any information with such a spectrum.

Rob Lake
BP Research