Criticality, entropy and conflict

Power-law distributions are ubiquitous in the natural and social worlds and also characterize the intensity of intrastate conflicts. One of the most convincing approaches to explain the origin of power laws is the so-called forest-fire model, which is based on the notion of self-organized criticalit...

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Main Author: Trinn, Christoph (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 28 June 2018
In: Systems research and behavioral science
Year: 2018, Volume: 35, Issue: 6, Pages: 746-758
ISSN:1099-1743
DOI:10.1002/sres.2516
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.2516
Verlag, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sres.2516
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