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Amongst the numerous models introduced with SOC, the Forest Fire Model (FFM) is particularly attractive for its close relationship to stochastic spreading, which is central to the study of systems as diverse as epidemics, rumours, or…

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Dynamics of coarsening of a statistically homogeneous fractal cluster, created by a morphological instability of diffusion-controlled growth, is investigated theoretically. An exact mathematical setting of the problem is presented that…

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Fire is an indissoluble component of ecosystems, however quantifying the effects of fire on vegetation is challenging task as fire lies outside the typical experimental design attributes. A recent simulation study showed that under…

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Percolation has long served as a model for diverse phenomena and systems. The percolation transition, that is, the formation of a giant cluster on a macroscopic scale, is known as one of the most robust continuous transitions. Recently,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-08 Deokjae Lee , Young Sul Cho , Byungnam Kahng

The present work proposes the concept of induced percolation over multiple-object systems, so that features such as the number of merged clusters can be used as a relevant measurement. The suggested approach involves the expansion of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Luciano da Fontoura Costa

We include immunity against fire as a new parameter into the self-organized critical forest-fire model. When the immunity assumes a critical value, clusters of burnt trees are identical to percolation clusters of random bond percolation. As…

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We present a general stochastic forest-fire model which shows a variety of different structures depending on the parameter values. The model contains three possible states per site (tree, burning tree, empty site) and three parameters (tree…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 B. Drossel , F. Schwabl

A two-dimensional model of wildfire spread and merger is presented. Three features affect the fire propagation: (i) a constant basic rate of spread term accounting for radiative and convective heat transfer, (ii) the unidirectional,…

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A large sample of young stellar groups is analysed aiming to investigate their clustering properties and dynamical evolution. A comparison of the Q statistical parameter, measured for the clusters, with the fractal dimension estimated for…

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We introduce a correlated static model and investigate a percolation transition. The model is a modification of the static model and is characterized by assortative degree-degree correlation. As one varies the edge density, the network…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sang-Woo Kim , Jae Dong Noh

The fractal structure of directed percolation clusters, grown at the percolation threshold inside parabolic-like systems, is studied in two dimensions via Monte Carlo simulations. With a free surface at y=\pm Cx^k and a dynamical exponent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-22 C. Kaiser , L. Turban

Given the recent increase in wildfires, developing a better understanding of their dynamics is crucial. For this purpose, the advection-diffusion-reaction model has been widely used to study wildfire dynamics. In this study, we introduce…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-02 Luca Nieding , Cordula Reisch , Dirk Langemann , Adrián Navas-Montilla

Thermal-diffusional pulsation behaviors in planar as well as outwardly and inwardly propagating white dwarf carbon flames are systematically studied. In the 1D numerical simulation, the asymptotic degenerate equation of state and simplified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-31 Guangzheng Xing , Yibo Zhao , Mikhail Modestov , Cheng Zhou , Yang Gao , Chung K. Law

Wildland fires pose an increasingly serious problem in our society. The number and severity of these fires has been rising for many years. Wildfires pose direct threats to life and property as well as threats through ancillary effects like…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-05 James D. Haley

Savannas are characterized by a discontinuous tree layer superimposed on a continuous layer of grass. Identifying the mechanisms that facilitate this tree-grass coexistence has remained a persistent challenge in ecology and is known as the…

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Spatio-temporal extensions of familiar compartment models for disease transmission incorporating diffusive behavior, or interactions between individuals at separate locations, are explored. The models considered have the character of…

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Understanding the causes and effects of spatial vegetation patterns is a fundamental problem in ecology, especially because these can be used as early predictors of catastrophic shifts such as desertification processes. Empirical studies of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-06-19 Paula Villa Martín , Virginia Domínguez-García , Miguel A. Muñoz

We study the optimized version of the multiple invasion percolation model. Some topological aspects as the behavior of the acceptance profile, coordination number and vertex type abundance were investigated and compared to those of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 R. A. Zara , R. N. Onody

A lattice-based model for continuum percolation is applied to the case of randomly located, partially aligned sticks with unequal lengths in 2D which are allowed to cross each other. Results are obtained for the critical number of sticks…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-17 Avik P. Chatterjee , Yuri Yu. Tarasevich

We are developing a wildland fire model based on semi-empirical relations that estimate the rate of spread of a surface fire and post-frontal heat release, coupled with WRF, the Weather Research and Forecasting atmospheric model. A level…

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