We report some numerical simulations to investigate the existence of a self-organized critical (SOC) state in a random-neighbor version of the OFC model for a range of parameters corresponding to a non-conservative case. In contrast to a recent work, we do not find any evidence of SOC. We use a...

United Kingdom construction output makes a vitally important contribution to the gross domestic product of the UK economy. Nevertheless, despite the obvious importance of UK construction, very little is known about the output behaviour of the industry. This paper endeavours to redress the...

The diffusive kinetics in a symmetric double well with a high barrier fluctuating randomly in time is investigated by means of the corresponding Fokker–Planck equation. In the Smoluchowski limit explicit solutions for the equilibrium and the relaxation eigenfunctions are given. Moreover, the...