SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY IN THE GAME OF LIFE

被引:36
作者
ALSTROM, P [1 ]
LEAO, J [1 ]
机构
[1] BOSTON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.49.R2507
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The question of saturation of self-organized criticality in the ''game of Life'' is analyzed through finite-size scaling. We have carried out connection-machine simulations for lattices up to 1024 x 1024. In that range we find no evidence of saturation. We do, however, find finite-size exponents that seem inconsistent with a single length-scale picture at criticality.
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页码:R2507 / R2508
页数:2
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