🚀 go-pugleaf

Our newsmaster (me) has been learning about batching the hard way. The
following is being reposted:

>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

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