Edge of chaos

The edge of chaos is a transition space between order and disorder that is hypothesized to exist within a wide variety of systems. This transition zone is a region of bounded instability that engenders a constant dynamic interplay between order and disorder.^[2]

Even though the idea of the edge of chaos is an abstract one, it has many applications in such fields as ecology,^[3] business management,^[4] psychology,^[5] political science, and other domains of the social sciences. Physicists have shown that adaptation to the edge of chaos occurs in almost all systems with feedback.^[6]

^ Schwartz, Katrina (6 May 2014). "On the Edge of Chaos: Where Creativity Flourishes". KQED. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ Complexity Labs. "Edge of Chaos". Complexity Labs. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
^ Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay (2009). "Dynamics of an ecological model living on the edge of chaos". Applied Mathematics and Computation. 210 (2): 455–464. doi:10.1016/j.amc.2009.01.006.
^ Deragon, Jay. "Managing On The Edge Of Chaos". Relationship Economy.
^ Lawler, E.; Thye, S.; Yoon, J. (2015). Order on the Edge of Chaos Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107433977.
^ Wotherspoon, T.; et., al. (2009). "Adaptation to the edge of chaos with random-wavelet feedback". J. Phys. Chem. A. 113 (1): 19–22. Bibcode:2009JPCA..113...19W. doi:10.1021/jp804420g. PMID 19072712.

[1] Schwartz, Katrina (6 May 2014). "On the Edge of Chaos: Where Creativity Flourishes". KQED. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

[2] Complexity Labs. "Edge of Chaos". Complexity Labs. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2016.

[3] Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay (2009). "Dynamics of an ecological model living on the edge of chaos". Applied Mathematics and Computation. 210 (2): 455–464. doi:10.1016/j.amc.2009.01.006.

[4] Deragon, Jay. "Managing On The Edge Of Chaos". Relationship Economy.

[5] Lawler, E.; Thye, S.; Yoon, J. (2015). Order on the Edge of Chaos Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107433977.

[6] Wotherspoon, T.; et., al. (2009). "Adaptation to the edge of chaos with random-wavelet feedback". J. Phys. Chem. A. 113 (1): 19–22. Bibcode:2009JPCA..113...19W. doi:10.1021/jp804420g. PMID 19072712.

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