更便宜、更强大的计算机的出现拓宽了混沌理论的适用性。目前,混沌理论仍然是一个活跃的研究领域,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Motter | first1 = A. E. | last2 = Campbell | first2 = D. K. | year = 2013 | title = Chaos at fifty | url = http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v66/i5/p27_s1?bypassSSO=1 | journal = Phys. Today | volume = 66 | issue = 5| pages = 27–33 | doi=10.1063/pt.3.1977|arxiv = 1306.5777 |bibcode = 2013PhT....66e..27M }}</ref>涉及许多不同的学科(数学、拓扑学、物理学、<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hubler|first1=A.|last2=Foster|first2=G.|last3=Phelps|first3=K.|title=Managing chaos: Thinking out of the box|journal=Complexity|volume=12|issue=3|pages=10|date=2007|doi=10.1002/cplx.20159|bibcode = 2007Cmplx..12c..10H }}</ref>社会系统、<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences: Foundations and Applications|date=1996|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=9780472106387|editor-last=Kiel|editor-first=L.|location=Ann Arbor, MI|language=en|doi=10.3998/mpub.14623|editor-last2=Elliott|editor-first2=Euel|hdl = 2027/fulcrum.d504rm03n}}</ref>人口模型、生物学、气象学、天体物理学、信息理论、计算神经科学等等)。). | 更便宜、更强大的计算机的出现拓宽了混沌理论的适用性。目前,混沌理论仍然是一个活跃的研究领域,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Motter | first1 = A. E. | last2 = Campbell | first2 = D. K. | year = 2013 | title = Chaos at fifty | url = http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v66/i5/p27_s1?bypassSSO=1 | journal = Phys. Today | volume = 66 | issue = 5| pages = 27–33 | doi=10.1063/pt.3.1977|arxiv = 1306.5777 |bibcode = 2013PhT....66e..27M }}</ref>涉及许多不同的学科(数学、拓扑学、物理学、<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hubler|first1=A.|last2=Foster|first2=G.|last3=Phelps|first3=K.|title=Managing chaos: Thinking out of the box|journal=Complexity|volume=12|issue=3|pages=10|date=2007|doi=10.1002/cplx.20159|bibcode = 2007Cmplx..12c..10H }}</ref>社会系统、<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences: Foundations and Applications|date=1996|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=9780472106387|editor-last=Kiel|editor-first=L.|location=Ann Arbor, MI|language=en|doi=10.3998/mpub.14623|editor-last2=Elliott|editor-first2=Euel|hdl = 2027/fulcrum.d504rm03n}}</ref>人口模型、生物学、气象学、天体物理学、信息理论、计算神经科学等等)。). |