Low-dimensional dynamics and bifurcations in oscillator networks via bi-orthogonal spectral decomposition

Autor: Jürgen Schwarz, K. Bräuer, Gerhard Dangelmayr, Andreas Stevens
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 33:3555-3566
ISSN: 1361-6447
0305-4470
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/33/18/303
Popis: Many natural neural systems are functionally or hierarchically organized into interacting ensembles of neural populations. To investigate the dynamics in a hierarchical system of coupled bistable van der Pol oscillators we apply the bi-orthogonal decomposition into empirical orthogonal spatial and temporal modes. Within this method the dynamics and synchronized patterns are characterized by global, temporal and spatial entropy and energy. Different states of the network activity are identified as synchronous or asynchronous dynamics induced by external periodic input. Of particular interest is the ability of the bi-orthogonal decomposition to detect bifurcations following variations of the system parameter. Bifurcations correspond to crossings of the eigenvalues where an exchange of dominant modes takes place. In our simulations we observe a bifurcation induced by variations of input frequency and strength, identified as a saddle-node bifurcation of the unstable/stable pair of limit cycles.
Databáze: OpenAIRE