Power laws and self-organized criticality in theory and nature

Physics Reports

Volumn 536, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 41-74

  Marković, Dimitrije ^a,b,c   Gros, Claudius ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

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EID: 84894243868     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2013.11.002     Document Type: Review

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