Abstract
First-order nonlinear differential-delay equations describing physiological control systems are studied. The equations display a broad diversity of dynamical behavior including limit cycle oscillations, with a variety of wave forms, and apparently aperiodic or "chaotic" solutions. These results are discussed in relation to dynamical respiratory and hematopoietic diseases.
Keywords
Aperiodic graphLimit cycleDynamical systems theoryOscillation (cell signaling)Nonlinear systemChaoticLimit (mathematics)Statistical physicsControl theory (sociology)PhysicsVariety (cybernetics)Synchronization of chaosCHAOS (operating system)MathematicsControl of chaosControl (management)Mathematical analysisComputer scienceBiologyQuantum mechanics
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- 1977
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- article
- Volume
- 197
- Issue
- 4300
- Pages
- 287-289
- Citations
- 4007
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Michael C. Mackey,
Leon Glass
(1977).
Oscillation and Chaos in Physiological Control Systems.
Science
, 197
(4300)
, 287-289.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.267326
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.267326