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>possible link between deterministic dynamics and stochastic >mechanisms involve the use of an alpha-stable levy process which >contains the Gaussian and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic models as a >special case. Because alpha-stable levy processes generate fractal >stochastic paths with varying fractal dimensionality, the >possibility of reconciling such stochastic models with non-linear >deterministic processes in the chaotic regime looks promising" - Ooooh, I just love it when you talk dirty! Lighten up guys*, this is part of a discourse from statistical physics, or whatever, and is manifestly not about practicalities. I could be just as dismissive about some of the management theory stuff which goes only marginally less far over my head than this.(six sigma? is this the prequel to Blake's Seven?) And it's not as if there haven't been theoretical debates about what constitutes random (stochastic) / deterministic / emergence on this list. And I fully agree with Frank (it had to happen one day!) that "meaning is created by the receiver" Which is why I will ask Richard Heath, who is speaking at the research methods day, which will be rather numerical - for better or worse - to remember where his audience are coming from. Love and peace Chris *( and gals for people who ARE NOT GUYS) (BTW I _think_ he was exploring the territory around randomness and determinism and self-similarity, where analytical methods and models surely do have a place) -- Chris Burton, [log in to unmask] on 17/12/2002 On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:29:45 -0000, St Thomas Medical Group Research Unit wrote: >The answer to this debate has been starring us in the face - >Hmnnn....... > >This is from a book called "Non-linear dynamics - techniques and >applications in psychology" by Richard Heath. I met up with him >for a session in a pub when I was last in London and managed to >bluff my way through the afternoon but his book is largely/totally >impenetrable to me. > >The point is that there are clever people out there that know the >answers to these sort of questions if you can understand what they >are saying - Chris? > >David Kernick > > > >Dr David Kernick St Thomas Health Centre Cowick Street EXETER EX4 >1HJ Telephone: 01392 676679 Fax: 01392 676677 Email: >[log in to unmask] > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ >___ This email has been scanned using the MessageLabs SkyScan >antivirus system. Funded for members by the Doctors.net.uk Bulletin >service How does this protect me? >http://www.Doctors.net.uk/qualityemail >_____________________________________________________________________ >___