Natural tolerance as a function of network connectivity

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1691-1702

  Calenbuhr, V ^a,c   Varela, F J ^a   Bersini, H ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0030236441     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127496001041     Document Type: Article

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