Patent ID: 8768874

Claim:
A prediction system for predicting the outcome of a chaotic system, the prediction system comprising: means for varying initial conditions of a chaotic system; means for calculating a plurality of possible trajectories for the chaotic system; means for calculating a Lyapunov exponent for each of the plurality of possible trajectories; and means for selecting the trajectory with the smallest Lyapunov exponent as the most likely trajectory to occur wherein the logic configured to calculate the Lyapunov exponent calculates the equation: L ⁡ ( t ) = 1 t ⁢ ln ⁡ [ ∏ j = 1 t ⁢ ⁢ ∑ i ⁢  ∂ f i / ∂ X i  ⁢ ⅆ X j i ∑ i ⁢  ∂ f i / ∂ X i  ⁢ ⅆ X j - 1 ( i ) ] .