A determinism test is proposed based on the well-known method of the surrogate data. Assuming predictability to be a signature of determinism, the proposed method checks for intracycle (e.g., short-term) determinism in the pseudoperiodic time series for which standard methods of surrogate analysis do not apply. The approach presented is composed of two steps. First, the data are preprocessed to...

This paper takes a critical look at the benefits provided by state-of-the-art deterministic execution techniques. Specifically, we look at four applications of deterministic execution: debugging, fault-tolerant replication, testing, and security. For each application, we discuss what an ideal system would provide, and then look at how deterministic systems compare to the ideal. Further, we disc...

Physicists are increasingly beginning to take seriously the possibility of laws outside traditional time-evolution paradigm; yet many popular definitions determinism still predicated on a picture, making them manifestly unsuited diverse range research programmes in modern physics. In this article, we use constraint-based framework set out generalization which does not presuppose temporal evolut...

Literary scholars have recently shown growing interest in interrelation between Chekhov’s worldview and creativity. This article is dedicated to this topic. The question of the writer's has long caused intense debate. There are multiple works Chekhov's religious worldview, natural science materialism, naturalism; however, topic Chekhov geographical determinism poorly studied. Although...