The number of identified metastable patterns.

<p>Every recorded pattern is assigned to its basin of attraction by descending on the energy landscape. The number of distinct basins is shown as a function of the network size, <i>N</i>, for K-pairwise models (black line). Gray lines show the subsets of those basins that are encountered multiple times in the recording (more than 10 times, dark gray; more than 100 times, light gray). Error bars are s.d. over 30 subnetworks at every <i>N</i>. Note the logarithmic scale for the number of MS states.