Hi Everyone,
I forgot to attache the paper to the previous announcement (it's also
available on the meeting website).
Paper is attached. Thanks.
--Ray
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> We'll meet this week at the usual time of 1 PM Eastern for our LQS weekly
> meeting, Thursday, Sept. 17. Dial-in is 510-665-5437, passcode 7336.
>
> We'll take round-table reports, then discuss a paper that Peter suggested:
>
> "Early-warning signals for critical transitions". Nature 461, 08227 (2009)
>
> The abstract states:
>
> "Complex dynamical systems, ranging from ecosystems to financial markets
> and the climate, can have tipping points at which a sudden shift to a
> contrasting dynamical regime may occur. Although predicting such critical
> points before they are reached is extremely difficult, work in different
> scientific fields is now suggesting the existence of generic early-warning
> signals that may indicate for a wide class of systems if a critical
> threshold is approaching."
>
> The meeting website is
> http://dmtpc.mit.edu/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=210.
>
> Looking forward to talking with you tomorrow.
>
> Thanks much,
> --Ray
>
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