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A stochastic activity-transfer model, previously proposed to apply to turbulence, is studied and simulated on a 256×256 lattice. Introduction of random self-activation does not allow stable fronts to develop in the limit of small growth probability. By assigning discrete density values equal to the threshold values in a related continuous and deterministic model, the structure functions for distancesr in the lattice are calculated. They have a functional form different from the power behavior which in the case of the deterministic version was interpreted as another sign of self-organized criticality. Future studies of these and other models may be facilitated by the algorithm developed for structure function calculations.
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Finjord, J. Structure functions in a model of turbulent energy dissipation. J Stat Phys 68, 749–760 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01048874
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01048874