SYNCHRONIZATION OF COUPLED EXTENDED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: A SHORT REVIEW
Abstract
We briefly review the synchronization properties of cross-coupled spatially extended dynamical systems, with particular emphasis on elementary cellular automata and Kauffman networks subject to stochastic coupling. We also discuss the main results for the joint evolution of deterministically cross-coupled Ginzburg–Landau equations and neural networks. Both numerical and analytical approaches are addressed, and the main differences with the synchronization of zero-dimensional systems are highlighted. New results are presented characterizing the critical behavior at the synchronization transition of coupled Kauffman networks.