Dynamical Criticality: Overview and Open Questions

• Published in: Journal of systems science and complexity Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 647 - 663
• Main Authors: Roli, Andrea, Villani, Marco, Filisetti, Alessandro, Serra, Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences 01.06.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptive systems; Biological effects; Biological evolution; Complex Systems; Control; Data processing; Hypotheses; Mathematics; Mathematics and Statistics; Mathematics of Computing; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Regeneration; Robustness (mathematics); Statistics; Systems Theory; criticality; Attractors; phase transitions; dynamical regimes; edge of chaos

Systems that exhibit complex behaviours are often found in a particular dynamical condition, poised between order and disorder. This observation is at the core of the so-called criticality hypothesis, which states that systems in a dynamical regime between order and disorder attain the highest level...