Experiments on autonomous Boolean networks
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2013-12-16 v2 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
We realize autonomous Boolean networks by using logic gates in their autonomous mode-of-operation on a field-programmable gate array. This allows us to implement time-continuous systems with complex dynamical behaviors that can be conveniently interconnected into large-scale networks with flexible topologies that consist of time-delay links and a large number of nodes. We demonstrate how we realize networks with periodic, chaotic, and excitable dynamics and study their properties. Field-programmable gate arrays define a new experimental paradigm that holds great potential to test a large body of theoretical results on the dynamics of complex networks, which has been beyond reach of traditional experimental approaches.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1302.1375,
title = {Experiments on autonomous Boolean networks},
author = {David P. Rosin and Damien Rontani and Daniel J. Gauthier and Eckehard Schöll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1375},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 figures