>look at how we can describe and analyze > systems in order to recognize and predict when they'll become > chaotic...."
One way of looking at trying to predict phase shifts is with autocorrelation. I think perhaps the systems are always chaotic but the tipping point is known as bifurcation. http://www.pnas.org/content/105/38/14308.full -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange
