Complexity Papers

Papers by others

While this site is primarily dedicated to SOC research, the papers here include not just articles directly related to SOC and complexity but also a wider range of research that may be of interest to authors working in these areas. They are divided up between review papers, real-world data, theory & applications, and early SOC theory. Within each section, papers are in reverse chronological order (i.e., most recent first), so the very last one on the list is the original Physical Review Letters paper in which Per Bak, Chao Tang and Kurt Wiesenfeld launched the idea of SOC.

review papers . real-world data . theory & applications . early SOC theory

Donald L. Turcotte (1999), Self-organized criticality. Rep. Prog. Phys. 62, 1377–1429.

Rep. Prog. Phys. 62 (1999), 1377–1429

Per Bak and Maya Paczuski (1995), Complexity, contingency, and criticality. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 6689–6696.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92 (1995), 6689–6696

review papers . real-world data . theory & applications . early SOC theory

Ala Trusina, Kim Sneppen, Ian B. Dodd, Keith E. Shearwin and J. Barry Egan (2005), Functional alignment of regulatory networks: a study of temperate phages. PLoS Comp. Biol. 1, e74.

PLoS Comp. Biol. 1, e74

Marco Baiesi and Maya Paczuski (2004), Scale Free Networks of Earthquakes and Aftershocks. Phys. Rev. E 69, 066106.

Phys. Rev. E 69 (2004), 066106    cond-mat/0309485

Álvaro Corral (2004), Long-term clustering, scaling, and universality in the temporal occurrence of earthquakes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 108501.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004), 108501    cond-mat/0310215

John M. Beggs and Dietmar Plenz (2003), Neuronal avalanches in neocortical circuits. J. Neurosci. 23, 11167–11177.

J. Neurosci. 23 (2003), 11167–11177

Per Bak, Kim Christensen, Leon Danon and Tim Scanlon (2002), Unified scaling law for earthquakes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 178501.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 178501

Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen, Vadim V. Nikouline, J. Matias Palva and Risto J. Ilmoniemi (2001), Long-range temporal correlations and scaling behavior in human brain oscillations. J. Neurosci. 21, 1370–1377.

J. Neurosci. 21 (2001), 1370-1377

F. Sylos Labini, M. Montuori and L. Pietronero (1998), Scale-invariance of galaxy clustering. Phys. Rep. 293, 61–226.

Phys. Rep. 293 (1998), 61–226

Ricard V. Solé, Susanna C. Manrubia, Michael Benton and Per Bak (1997), Self-similarity of extinction statistics in the fossil record. Nature 388, 764–767.

Nature 388 (1997), 764–767

Vidar Frette, Kim Christensen, Anders Malthe-Sørenssen, Jens Feder, Torstein Jøssang and Paul Meakin (1996), Avalanche dynamics in a pile of rice. Nature 379, 49–52.

Nature 379 (1996), 49–52

Hans Jacob S. Feder and Jens Feder (1991), Self-organized criticality in a stick-slip process. Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2669–2672.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 66 (1991), 2669–2672 (see also this erratum)

review papers . real-world data . theory & applications . early SOC theory

Luiza Anghełuta, Roberto Benzi, Luca Biferale, Itamar Procaccia and Federico Toschi (2006), Anomalous scaling exponents in nonlinear models of turbulence. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 160601.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 160601    nlin.CD/0602002

James Feigenbaum (2003), Financial physics. Rep. Prog. Phys. 66, 1611–1649.

Rep. Prog. Phys. 66 (2003), 1611–1649

D. Hughes, M. Paczuski, R. O. Dendy, P. Helander and K. G. McClements (2003), Solar flares as cascades of reconnecting magnetic loops. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 131101.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003), 131101

Jörn Davidsen and Maya Paczuski (2002), 1/f^α noise from correlations between avalanches in self-organized criticality. Phys. Rev. E 66, 050101.

Phys. Rev. E 66 (2002), 050101

Seth Lloyd (2002), Computational capacity of the universe. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 237901.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 237901

Peter Grassberger (2002), Critical behaviour of the Drossel-Schwabl forest fire model. New J. Phys. 4, 17.

New J. Phys. 4 (2002), 17

Dario Benedetto, Emanuele Caglioti and Vittorio Loreto (2002), Language trees and zipping. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 048702.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 048702

Ginestra Bianconi and Albert-László Barabási (2001), Bose-Einstein condensation in complex networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5632–5635.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001), 5632–5635    cond-mat/0011224

Per Bak and Kan Chen (2001), Scale dependent dimension of luminous matter in the universe. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4215–4218.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001), 4215–4218

Duncan J. Watts and Steven H. Strogatz (1998), Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks. Nature 393, 440–442.

Nature 393 (1998), 440–442

Álvaro Corral, Conrad J. Pérez, Albert Díaz-Guilera and Alex Arenas (1995), Self-organized criticality and synchronization in a lattice model of integrate-and-fire oscillators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 118–121.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 (1995), 118–121

review papers . real-world data . theory & applications . early SOC theory

Per Bak and Kim Sneppen (1993), Punctuated equilibrium and criticality in a simple model of evolution. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 4083–4086.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993) 4083–4086

B. Drossel and F. Schwabl (1992), Self-organized critical forest-fire model. Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 1629–1632.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 69 (1992), 1629–1632

Zeev Olami, Hans Jacob S. Feder and Kim Christensen (1992), Self-organized criticality in a continuous, nonconservative cellular automaton modeling earthquakes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1244–1247.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 (1992), 1244–1247

Deepak Dhar (1990), Self-organized critical state of sandpile automaton models. Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1613–1616.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 (1990), 1613–1616 (see also this erratum)

Preben Alstrøm (1988), Mean-field exponents for self-organized critical phenomena. Phys. Rev. A 38, 4905–4906.

Phys. Rev. A 38 (1988), 4905–4906

Chao Tang and Per Bak (1988), Critical exponents and scaling relations for self-organized critical phenomena. Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2347–2350.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (1988), 2347–2350

Per Bak, Chao Tang and Kurt Wiesenfeld (1988), Self-organized criticality. Phys. Rev. A 38, 364–374.

Phys. Rev. A 38 (1988), 364–374

Per Bak, Chao Tang and Kurt Wiesenfeld (1987), Self-organized criticality: an explanation of 1/f noise. Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 381–384.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 59 (1987), 381–384

Wikipedia articles

Self-organized criticality

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