How Nature Works; The science of self-organized criticality

By J. Finnigan. 2001

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Subfields: Computational Theory and Mathematics

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• A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies (2001, background): “To give the reader a sense of the scope of the problem, here are some of the books, beyond those cited, that I have consulted for this paper: Bak, P. (1996). How nature”
• COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS AND THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS (2005, unknown): “The cascading continues until the envelope function reaches the critical value fc of the system (Paczuski, Maslow and Bak, 1996), and it then stabilizes as a complex system.”
• Traffic and related self-driven many-particle systems (2000, background): “In nonequilibrium systems, one can frequently find self-organized criticality (Bak et al., 1987, 1988; Bak, 1996) and fractal properties (Mandelbrot, 1983; Family and Vicsek, 1991; Vicsek, 1992; Barabási and Stanley, 1995). Self-organized criticality means that the respective system drives itself to”
• Using coevolutionary and complexity theories to improve IS alignment: a multi-level approach (2006, background): “This balancing between the square-cube and connection costs laws gives rise to our third scale-free theory, self-organized criticality (Bak, 1996).”
• Fluctuations and response in financial markets: the subtle nature of ‘random’ price changes (2003, unknown): “[43], and in the context of financial markets [44, 45]).”
• Colloquium: Criticality and dynamical scaling in living systems (2017, background): “…operating right at the borderline between ordered and disordered phases, i.e. at the very edge of a (continuous) phase transition or critical point2 (Bak, 1996; Beggs, 2008; Chialvo, 2010; Chialvo et al., 2008; Kauffman, 1993; Plenz, 2013; Plenz 2 Phase transitions may occur in either a…”
• Systemic Risks in Society and Economics (2010, unknown): “[88] P. Bak (1999) How nature works: the science of selforganized criticality.”
• Self-organization and complexity in historical landscape patterns (2003, background): “The dynamics between the components of an exogeneous system cause organization by accumulation of small changes (Bak 1996).”