Systems Engineering: Chaos (Definitions)

"Long-term unpredictable behaviour caused by sensitive dependence on initial conditions." (Jesús B A Hernández & Patricia H Rodríguez, "Nonlinear Techniques for Signals Characterization", 2009)

"The effect whereby minor deficiencies or miniscule changes occurring in any phase of the project, but particularly in the beginning of a process, create significantly different outcomes." (José L Fernández-Solís & Iván Mutis, "The Idealization of an Integrated BIM, Lean, and Green Model (BLG)", 2010)

"A situation where a complex and random-looking behavior arises from simple nonlinear deterministic systems with sensitive dependence on initial conditions." (Bellie Sivakumar, "Chaos Theory for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting: Progress and Challenges", 2011)

"An interesting deterministic experience which has a random and unpredictable apparent behavior where petite changes in the initial conditions can lead to immense changes over time." (Mofazzal H. Khondekar et al, "Soft Computing Based Statistical Time Series Analysis, Characterization of Chaos Theory, and Theory of Fractals", 2013)

"A nonlinear erratic phenomenon that is found to be exhibited in several physical systems." (Hassène Gritli, "Further Investigation of the Period-Three Route to Chaos in the Passive Compass-Gait Biped Model", 2015)

"A type of behavior of a deterministic nonlinear system, where tiny changes in initial conditions make huge changes over time." (Viet-Thanh Pham et al, "Chaotic Attractor in a Novel Time-Delayed System with a Saturation Function", 2015)

"The type of behavior of a complex system, where tiny changes in a system’s initial conditions can lead to very large changes over time." (Christos Volos, "Random Bit Generator Based on Non-Autonomous Chaotic Systems", 2015)

"A state of disorder where each unit of a system behaves independently from each other at the same point of time." (Simanti Bhattacharya & Angshuman Bagchi, "Cellular Automata-Basics: Applications in Problem Solving", 2016)

"A new branch of science that deals with systems whose evolution depends very sensitively upon the initial conditions." (Wassim J Aloulou, "Understanding Entrepreneurship through Chaos and Complexity Perspectives", 2016)