TY - GEN A1 - Imkeller, Peter A1 - Fischer, Markus T1 - Noise induced resonance in bistable systems caused by delay feedback N2 - The subject of the present paper is a simplified model for a symmetric bistable system with memory or delay, the reference model, which in the presence of noise exhibits a phenomenon similar to what is known as stochastic resonance. The reference model is given by a one dimensional parametrized stochastic differential equation with point delay, basic properties whereof we check. With a view to capturing the effective dynamics and, in particular, the resonance-like behaviour of the reference model we construct a simplified or reduced model, the two state model, first in discrete time, then in the limit of discrete time tending to continuous time. The main advantage of the reduced model is that it enables us to explicitly calculate the distribution of residence times which in turn can be used to characterize the phenomenon of noise-induced resonance. Drawing on what has been proposed in the physics literature, we outline a heuristic method for establishing the link between the two state model and the reference model. The resonance characteristic developed for the reduced model can thus be applied to the original model. KW - stochastic differential equation KW - delay differential equation KW - stochastic resonance KW - effective dynamics KW - Markov chain KW - stationary process KW - stochastic synchronization Y1 - 2006 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/frontdoor/index/index/docId/304 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0296-matheon-3045 ER -