1994/08/08 by D. D. Dixon, Dixon, D. D.
Physics and Astronomy · #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #FOS: Physical sciences #chao-dyn #nlin.CD
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.chao-dyn/9408001
6 pages, REVTeX, 7 PostScript figures available upon request. This paper is an extensively revised and expanded version (read, "it's different") of an earlier paper with the same title
arxiv created 1994/08/08 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Non-deterministic chaos is a new dynamical paradigm where a non-deterministic system is influenced by random perturbations to produce the appearance of complexity. The non-determinism is envisioned to occur only at a single point in phase space, where many trajectories intersect. In the presence of external random perturbations (noise), whenever the phase space trajectory approaches the singularity, it will jump in an unpredictable way to a different solution. This behavior, while similar in appearance to deterministic chaos, has rather different implications for prediction and control.