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000004996 046__ $$k2008-06-25
000004996 100__ $$aYasseri, S. F.
000004996 24500 $$aDOES THE OPERTAIONAL SAFETY OF THE ENERGY INDUSTRY EXHIBIT SELF-ORGANISED CRITICALITY?

000004996 24630 $$n4.$$pProceedings of the 4th International ASRANet Colloquium
000004996 260__ $$bASRANet Ltd., 2008
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000004996 520__ $$2eng$$aMany researchers have highlighted the ubiquity of a type of behaviour which self-organises into a state of criticality, with many examples both in nature and in man-made systems. Such a system is called a Self-Organising Critical System (SOCS). It is argued that operational safety of the energy industry exhibits characteristics of self-organized criticality. Many composite systems naturally evolve to a critical state in which a minor event starts a chain reaction that can affect any number of elements in the system. Although composite systems produce more minor events than catastrophes, chain reactions of all size are an integral part of the dynamics. According to the theory, the mechanism that leads to minor events is the same one that leads to major events. Furthermore, composite systems never reach equilibrium but instead evolve from one metastable state to the next. One of the primary characteristics of Self Organised Critical Systems is a power-law relationship between severity (fatality and injury) and frequency of events, which can be demonstrated for the operational safety of the energy industry.

000004996 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
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000004996 7112_ $$a4th International ASRANet Colloquium$$cAthens (GR)$$d2008-06-25 / 2008-06-27$$gASRANet4
000004996 720__ $$aYasseri, S. F.
000004996 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz
000004996 8564_ $$s464898$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/4996/files/034_Yasseri,_S.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, paper No. 34.
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