Phase transition in \textit{NK}-Kauffman networks and its correction for Boolean irreducibility

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Abstract: In a series of articles published in 1986 Derrida, and his colleagues studied two mean field treatments (the quenched and the annealed) for extit{NK}-Kauffman Networks. Their main results lead to a phase transition curve Kc,2,pcleft(1−pcight)=1 (0<pc<1) for the critical average connectivity Kc in terms of the bias pc of extracting a "1" for the output of the automata. Values of K bigger than Kc correspond to the so-called chaotic phase; while K<Kc, to an ordered phase. In~[F. Zertuche, {it On the robustness of NK-Kauffman networks against changes in their connections and Boolean functions}. J.~Math.~Phys. {�f 50} (2009) 043513], a new classification for the Boolean functions, called {it Boolean irreducibility} permitted the study of new phenomena of extit{NK}-Kauffman Networks. In the present work we study, once again the mean field treatment for extit{NK}-Kauffman Networks, correcting it for {it Boolean irreducibility}. A shifted phase transition curve is found. In particular, for pc=1/2 the predicted value Kc=2 by Derrida {it et al.} changes to Kc=2.62140224613dots We support our results with numerical simulations.












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