Self-Organised Criticality: Theory, Models and Characterisation
Cambridge University Press, 8/30/2012
EAN 9780521853354, ISBN10: 0521853354
Hardcover, 516 pages, 24.9 x 19 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
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.
1. Introduction
2. Scaling
3. Experiments and observations
4. Deterministic sandpiles
5. Dissipative models
6. Stochastic sandpiles
7. Numerical methods and data analysis
8. Analytical results
9. Mechanisms of SOC
10. Summary and discussion
Index.