Feedback Mechanisms for Self-Organization to the Edge of a Phase Transition

Scale-free outbursts of activity are commonly observed in physical, geological, and biological systems. The idea of self-organized criticality (SOC), introduced back in 1987 by Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld suggests that, under certain circumstances, natural systems can seemingly self-tune to a critical...

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Main Authors: Victor Buendía, Serena di Santo, Juan A. Bonachela, Miguel A. Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2020.00333/full