{
  "id": "cond-mat/9906077",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1999-06-05T11:28:51.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-06-05T11:28:51.000Z",
  "title": "Self-Organization of Complex Systems",
  "authors": [
    "Maya Paczuski",
    "Per Bak"
  ],
  "comment": "6 figures, Proceedings of 12th Chris Engelbrecht Summer School, Figs. 1 and 2 missing",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "q-bio"
  ],
  "abstract": "The basic laws of physics are simple, so why is the world complex? The theory of self-organized criticality posits that complex behavior in nature emerges from the dynamics of extended, dissipative systems that evolve through a sequence of meta-stable states into a critical state, with long range spatial and temporal correlations. Minor disturbances lead to intermittent events of all sizes. These events organize the system into a complex state that cannot be reduced to a few degrees of freedom. This type of ``punctuated equilibrium'' dynamics has been observed in astrophysical, geophysical, and biological processes, as well as in human social activity.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1999-06-05T11:28:51.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "complex systems",
      "self-organization",
      "human social activity",
      "long range spatial",
      "complex state"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "1999cond.mat..6077P"
    }
  }
}