Maximal avalanches in the Bak-Sneppen model

A. Gillett, R.W.J. Meester, P. Wal, van der

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Abstract

We study the durations of the avalanches in the maximal avalanche decomposition of the Bak-Sneppen evolution model. We show that all the avalanches in this maximal decomposition have infinite expectation, but only `barely', in the sense that if we made the appropriate threshold a tiny amount smaller (in a certain sense), then the avalanches would have finite expectation. The first of these results is somewhat surprising, since simulations suggest finite expectations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)840-851
JournalJournal of Applied Probability
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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