Figure 2
From: Intermittent dynamics in complex systems driven to depletion
Schematics of the time evolution of the number of active elements N(t), represented by their distribution of thresholds ρ t (x) (solid line) and of the distribution of occupancies ρ t (T) (dashed line), evidencing the negative feedback that takes place in (a) the intermittent and (c) the continuous regimes. The dynamics is described in the main text. The corresponding typical activities, ΔN(t), for each regime are shown in figures (b and d). While in both examples the same ρ t (x) was chosen, it is the relatively faster decay rate of the input function what brings about intermittency in (a) and (b).
