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@article{Poon:2001:10.1073/pnas.131173198,
author = {Poon, CS and Barahona, M},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.131173198},
journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA},
pages = {(7107--7112)--(7107--7112)},
title = {Titration of chaos with added noise},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.131173198},
volume = {98},
year = {2001}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB - Deterministic chaos has been implicated in numerous natural and man-made complex phenomena ranging from quantum to astronomical scales and in disciplines as diverse as meteorology, physiology, ecology, and economics. However, the lack of a definitive test of chaos vs. random noise in experimental time series has lad to considerable controversy in many fields. Here we propose a numerical titration procedure as a simple “litmus test” for highly sensitive, specific, and robust detection of chaos in short noisy data without the need for intensive surrogate data testing. We show that the controlled addition of white or colored noise to a signal with a preexisting noise floor results in a titration index that: (i) faithfully tracks the onset of deterministic chaos in all standard bifurcation routes to chaos; and (ii) gives a relative measure of chaos intensity. Such reliable detection and quantification of chaos under severe conditions of relatively low signal-to-noise ratio is of great interest, as it may open potential practical ways of identifying, forecasting, and controlling complex behaviors in a wide variety of physical, biomedical, and socioeconomic systems.
AU - Poon,CS
AU - Barahona,M
DO - 10.1073/pnas.131173198
EP - 7112
PY - 2001///
SN - 0027-8424
SP - 7107
TI - Titration of chaos with added noise
T2 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.131173198
VL - 98
ER -