Discontinuity waves as tipping points: Applications to biological & sociological systems
(2014)
Journal Article
Bissell, J., & Straughan, S. (2014). Discontinuity waves as tipping points: Applications to biological & sociological systems. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 19(7), 1911-1934. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.1911
The `tipping point' phenomenon is discussed as a mathematical object, and related to the behaviour of non-linear discontinuity waves in the dynamics of topical sociological and biological problems. The theory of such waves is applied to two illustrat... Read More about Discontinuity waves as tipping points: Applications to biological & sociological systems.