A mathematical term describing a situation in which arbitrarily small variations in independent variable values can produce large variations in the dependent variable. The term is most typically used to characterize the behavior of deterministic, nonlinear, differentiable dynamic systems. The term is sometimes used to describe situations in which true mathematical chaos is not present, but where the results are similarly disturbing. The disturbing effect in battle modeling, for example, is the apparent loss of deterministic behavior.
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Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (2001). Chaos . In: Gass, S.I., Harris, C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_108
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