# Source code for pyFTS.data.logistic_map

    """
    May, Robert M. (1976). "Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics".
    Nature. 261 (5560): 459–467. doi:10.1038/261459a0.

    x(t) = r * x(t-1) * (1 - x(t -1) )
    """

    import numpy as np

    def get_data(r = 4, initial_value = 0.3, iterations=100):
        '''
        Return a list with the logistic map chaotic time series.

        :param r: Equation coefficient
        :param initial_value: Initial value of x. Default: 0.3
        :param iterations: number of iterations. Default: 100
        :return:
        '''
        x = [initial_value]
        for t in np.arange(0,iterations):
          x.append(r * x[t]*(1 - x[t]))

        return x