Chaos: A Statistical Perspective

It was none other than Henri Poincare who at the turn of the last century, recognised that initial-value sensitivity is a fundamental source of random­ ness. For statisticians working within the traditional statistical framework, the task of critically assimilating randomness generated by a purely de­ terministic system, often known as chaos, is an intellectual challenge. Like some other statisticians, we have taken up this challenge and our curiosity as reporters and participants has led us to