A model of globally coupled bistable systems consisting of two kinds of sites, subject to periodic driving and spatially uncorrelated
stochastic force, is investigated. The extended system models the competing process of activators and suppressers. Analytical
computations for linear response of the system to the external periodic forcing is carried out. Noise-induced Hopf bifurcation
is revealed, and stochastic resonance, sensitively depending on the frequency of the external forcing, is predicted under
the Hopf bifurcation condition. Numerical simulations agree with the analytical predictions satisfactorily.
PACS. 05.45.+j Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, and Brownian motion
Received: 5 September 1997 / Revised: 13 May 1998 /
Accepted: 18 May 1998