OVERVIEW - SYNCHRONIZATION AND PATTERNS IN COMPLEX-SYSTEMS

The theory of complex systems, such as neural assemblies or lattices o f chaotic oscillators has generated many new problems including the sy nchronization or regularization of the cooperative behavior of systems consisting of chaotic elements, regular spatial patterns in ''chaotic '' lattices; and so on. A number of these problems were discussed at t he International School in Nonlinear Science-95 (Nizhniy Novgorod, Rus sia). In this overview we try to formulate some of the most interestin g problems that were discussed at that meeting. (C) 1996 American Inst itute of Physics.