TY - BOOK ID - 67084160 TI - Self-organised criticality : theory, models, and characterisation PY - 2012 SN - 9780521853354 9781139525602 1139525603 9780511977671 0511977670 9781139527996 1139527991 0521853354 9781139530279 1107218403 1283610337 9786613922786 1139526804 1139531468 1139530275 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Scaling laws (Statistical physics) KW - System Analysis KW - Computer simulation KW - System analysis. KW - Network analysis KW - Network science KW - Network theory KW - Systems analysis KW - System theory KW - Mathematical optimization KW - Ratio and proportion (Statistical physics) KW - Scale invariance (Statistical physics) KW - Scaling hypothesis (Statistical physics) KW - Scaling phenomena (Statistical physics) KW - Physical laws KW - Ranking and selection (Statistics) KW - Statistical physics KW - Computer simulation. KW - Scaling laws (Statistical physics) - Computer simulation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67084160 AB - Giving a detailed overview of the subject, this book takes in the results and methods that have arisen since the term 'self-organised criticality' was coined twenty years ago. Providing an overview of numerical and analytical methods, from their theoretical foundation to the actual application and implementation, the book is an easy access point to important results and sophisticated methods. Starting with the famous Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld sandpile, ten key models are carefully defined, together with their results and applications. Comprehensive tables of numerical results are collected in one volume for the first time, making the information readily accessible to readers. Written for graduate students and practising researchers in a range of disciplines, from physics and mathematics to biology, sociology, finance, medicine and engineering, the book gives a practical, hands-on approach throughout. Methods and results are applied in ways that will relate to the reader's own research. ER -