usefulness of chaotic dynamics

[Erdi Peter]

Technical report available:
        SELF-ORGANIZATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: 
            NETWORK STRUCTURE AND STABILITY

(P. Erdi, Central Reseacrh Inst. Physics, Hung. Acad. Sci., 
H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 49, Hungary)
to appear  in:  Martyhematical  Approaches  to  Brain  Functioning 
Diagnostics; Manchaster Univ. Press. (23 pages)

    1. Self-organization and neurodynamivcs
       1.1. General remarks
       1.2. Real neural networks: some remarks
    2. Neural network models
       2.1. Conceptual and mathematical skeleton
       2.2. Neurodynamic problems
    3. Neural architectures and dynamic behaviour
       3.1. On the "structure - function" problem
       3.2. The connectivity - stability dilemma
       3.3. Qualitative stability and instability
    4. Regular and periodic behaviour in neural networks
       4.1. Some remarks on the  experimental  background  of  the 
            oscillatory behaviour
       4.2. Network architecturw of possyble rhythm generators
    5. Network structure and chaos: some designing principles
      (59 references)