Scalable ultra-sensitive detection of heterogeneity via coupled bistable dynamics

Details Scalable ultra-sensitive detection of heterogeneity via coupled bistable dynamics Scalable ultra-sensitive detection of heterogeneity via coupled bistable dynamics

2012-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/1201.1083v1

Nonlinear Sciences

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

4 Pages, 4 Figures

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We demonstrate how the collective response of $N$ globally coupled bistable elements can strongly reflect the presence of very few non-identical elements in a large array of otherwise identical elements. Counter-intuitively, when there are a small number of elements with natural stable state different from the bulk of the elements, {\em all} the elements of the system evolve to the stable state of the minority due to strong coupling. The critical fraction of distinct elements needed to produce this swing shows a sharp transition with increasing $N$, scaling as $1/\sqrt{N}$. Furthermore, one can find a global bias that allows robust {\em one bit} sensitivity to heterogeneity. Importantly, the time needed to reach the attracting state does not increase with the system size. We indicate the relevance of this ultra-sensitive generic phenomenon for massively parallelized search applications.

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