Finding behavior patterns and evaluating orderliness of dynamical systems by spanning tree invariants

Identifying the behavior patterns is the main goal for a dynamical system. It provides the useful information in behavior prediction of a dynamical system. On the other hand, measuring the orderliness of a dynamical system improves the prediction of behavior patterns. In this study, substitution seq...

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Published in:Quality & quantity 2009-11, Vol.43 (6), p.1011-1023
Main Authors: Shieh, Jiunn-I, Wu, Hsin-Hung, Yang, Wei-Zu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Economic behaviour
Fourier transforms
Homogeneity
Industrial equipment
Markov analysis
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Methods
Plants (Botanical)
Randomness
Research Note
Social Sciences
System theory
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Summary:Identifying the behavior patterns is the main goal for a dynamical system. It provides the useful information in behavior prediction of a dynamical system. On the other hand, measuring the orderliness of a dynamical system improves the prediction of behavior patterns. In this study, substitution sequences are used to model the long-term correlation of a dynamical system and evaluate the degree of randomness, where the degree of homogeneity is evaluated by the spanning tree invariant. The results show that the more contiguous patterns the sequence has, the smaller the value of the spanning tree invariant is. In fact, the spanning tree invariant can be an effective tool to measure the orderliness of sequences by comparing the computed value with the value of one.
ISSN:0033-5177
1573-7845
DOI:10.1007/s11135-008-9172-0