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.
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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