Fig. 2
From: Transient hysteresis and inherent stochasticity in gene regulatory networks

Parameter region leading to bimodal distributions. a Mean \(x\)-values plotted as a function of parameter \(b\) for different initial conditions. Simulations have been carried out in SELANSI18. b Convergence rates of the solution (\(\eta\) from (8) and \({\lambda}_{1}\) from matrix \({\mathcal{M}}\) expressed in units of inverse of time) toward the equilibrium distribution in logarithmic scale. Such slow dynamics is responsible for the phenomenon of transient hysteresis. If the system is allowed to achieve the equilibrium, hysteresis disappears. The parameter region leading to bimodal distributions corresponds with the slowest convergence rates