Self-organized critical forest-fire model

@article{incendios, abstract = {A forest-fire model is introduced which contains a lightning probability f . This leads to a self-organized critical state in the limit f →0 provided that the time scales of tree growth and burning down of forest clusters are separated. We derive scaling laws and calculate all critical exponents. The values of the critical exponents are confirmed by computer simulations. For a two-dimensional system; we show that the forest density in the critical state assumes its minimum possible value; i.e.; that energy dissipation is maximum.}, author = {Drossel, B. and Schwabl, F. }, citeulike-article-id = {2437944}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1629}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {incendios}, number = {11}, pages = {1629+}, posted-at = {2008-02-27 18:27:31}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Self-organized critical forest-fire model}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1629}, volume = {69}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - incendios L3 - citeulike-article-id:2437944 TI - Self-organized critical forest-fire model JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 69 IS - 11 SP - 1629 PB - American Physical Society N2 - A forest-fire model is introduced which contains a lightning probability f . This leads to a self-organized critical state in the limit f →0 provided that the time scales of tree growth and burning down of forest clusters are separated. We derive scaling laws and calculate all critical exponents. The values of the critical exponents are confirmed by computer simulations. For a two-dimensional system; we show that the forest density in the critical state assumes its minimum possible value; i.e.; that energy dissipation is maximum. KW - incendios AU - Drossel, B AU - Schwabl, F PY - 1992//14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1629 ER -