SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY IN AN EARTHQUAKE MODEL BASED ON ASSORTATIVE SCALE-FREE NETWORKS

Abstract

A modified Olami–Feder–Christensen (OFC) earthquake model on scale-free networks with assortative mixing is introduced. In this model, the distributions of avalanche sizes and areas display power-law behaviors. It is found that the period distribution of avalanches displays a scale-invariant law with the increment of range parameter d. More importantly, different assortative topologies lead to different dynamical behaviors, such as the distribution of avalanche size, the stress evolution process, and period distribution.