The aim of this thesis is to delve into the constructive role that disordering elements can play on dynamical systems. For systems composed by many units, by disordering elements, we mean ingredients that cause each unit to evolve in a different way. For example, uncorrelated noise sources acting independently on the system constituents. Also, we consider diversity: in many systems of interest not all the interacting units are equal. Strikingly, it is the loss of degree order what causes the systems to exhibit a more coherent behaviour. We further consider the effect of different kinds of interaction, and we also show that they can generate a rich variety of phenomena: from leading towards a more coherent behaviour to causing interesting effects in chains of diverse elements.
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