How basin stability complements the linear-stability paradigm

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-92

  Menck, Peter J ^a,b   Heitzig, Jobst ^a   Marwan, Norbert ^a   Kurths, Jürgen ^a,b,c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

AMAZON RAIN FOREST; BASIN OF ATTRACTION; COUPLED LASERS; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR STABILITY; MULTI STABILITIES; REGULAR TOPOLOGY; UNDESIRABLE STATE;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 84873406497     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2516     Document Type: Article

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