How nature works: the science of self-organized criticality
Auteur :
Bak, Per
Éditeur :
Bak, Per
ISBN :
9780387987385
Date de publication :
23 avr. 1999
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
380 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, all share a set of simple, easily described properties.