Self-organized criticality

Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, January 29 2008 @ 11:30 AM CST

I'm not exactly sure what it is[*1] , but it sounds cool, and I'll have to look into it one of these days . . .
Ever since a forward-thinking trio of physicists identified the phenomenon known as self-organized criticality---a mechanism by which complexity arises in nature---scientists have been applying its concepts to everything from economics to avalanches.

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Medary.com - Self-organized criticality
http://www.medary.com/article.php/20080129113015830

[*1] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123131744.htm