尽管混沌边缘的概念十分抽象且不直观,但它确实在生态学<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay|title=Dynamics of an ecological model living on the edge of chaos|journal=Applied Mathematics and Computation|date=2009|volume= 210| issue = 2|pages=455–464|doi=10.1016/j.amc.2009.01.006}}</ref>、商业管理<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deragon|first1=Jay|title=Managing On The Edge Of Chaos|url=http://www.relationship-economy.com/2012/08/managing-on-the-edge-of-chaos/|website=Relationship Economy}}</ref>、心理学<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lawler|first1=E.|last2=Thye|first2=S.|last3=Yoon|first3=J.|title=Order on the Edge of Chaos Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781107433977}}</ref> 、政治科学、社会科学等领域具有诸多应用。物理学家发现几乎所有具有反馈的系统都会适应混沌边缘。<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wotherspoon|first1=T.|last2=et.|first2=al.|title=Adaptation to the edge of chaos with random-wavelet feedback|journal=J. Phys. Chem. A|date=2009|doi=10.1021/jp804420g|bibcode=2009JPCA..113...19W|volume=113|issue=1|pages=19–22|pmid=19072712}}</ref> | 尽管混沌边缘的概念十分抽象且不直观,但它确实在生态学<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay|title=Dynamics of an ecological model living on the edge of chaos|journal=Applied Mathematics and Computation|date=2009|volume= 210| issue = 2|pages=455–464|doi=10.1016/j.amc.2009.01.006}}</ref>、商业管理<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deragon|first1=Jay|title=Managing On The Edge Of Chaos|url=http://www.relationship-economy.com/2012/08/managing-on-the-edge-of-chaos/|website=Relationship Economy}}</ref>、心理学<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lawler|first1=E.|last2=Thye|first2=S.|last3=Yoon|first3=J.|title=Order on the Edge of Chaos Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781107433977}}</ref> 、政治科学、社会科学等领域具有诸多应用。物理学家发现几乎所有具有反馈的系统都会适应混沌边缘。<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wotherspoon|first1=T.|last2=et.|first2=al.|title=Adaptation to the edge of chaos with random-wavelet feedback|journal=J. Phys. Chem. A|date=2009|doi=10.1021/jp804420g|bibcode=2009JPCA..113...19W|volume=113|issue=1|pages=19–22|pmid=19072712}}</ref> |