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name: paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality
description: Apply the Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld on Self-Organized Criticality (1987) article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld on Self-Organized Criticality (1987)

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the work establishes The 1987 paper by Per Bak, Chao Tang, and Kurt Wiesenfeld introduces self-organized criticality as a mechanism in extended dissipative dynamical systems. These systems evolve spontaneously to a critical state under

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-bak-p-tang-c-wiesenfeld-k-1987-self-organized-criticality/revisions
