A Boolean network is a particular kind of sequential dynamical system, where time and states are discrete, i.e. both the set of variables and the set of states in the time series each have a bijection onto an integer series. Such systems are like cellular automata on networks, except for the fact that when they are set up each node has a rule that is randomly chosen from all 2}} possible ones with K inputs. With K=2 class 2 behavior tends to dominate. But for K>2, the behavior one sees quickly approaches what is typical for a random mapping in which the network representing the evolution of the 2 states of the N underlying nodes is itself connected essentially randomly. | A Boolean network is a particular kind of sequential dynamical system, where time and states are discrete, i.e. both the set of variables and the set of states in the time series each have a bijection onto an integer series. Such systems are like cellular automata on networks, except for the fact that when they are set up each node has a rule that is randomly chosen from all 2}} possible ones with K inputs. With K=2 class 2 behavior tends to dominate. But for K>2, the behavior one sees quickly approaches what is typical for a random mapping in which the network representing the evolution of the 2 states of the N underlying nodes is itself connected essentially randomly. |