A Boolean Delay Equation Model of Colliding Cascades. Part II: Prediction of Critical Transitions

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 839-861

  Zaliapin, Ilya ^a,b   Keilis Borok, Vladimir ^a,b   Ghil, Michael ^b,c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Colliding cascades; Delay equations; Earthquake precursors; Hierarchical modeling; Prediction of complex behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037234109     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022802432590     Document Type: Article

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