In [[physics]], '''self-organized criticality''' ('''SOC''') is a property of [[dynamical system]]s that have a [[critical phenomena|critical point]] as an [[attractor]]. Their macroscopic behavior thus displays the spatial or temporal [[scale invariance|scale-invariance]] characteristic of the [[critical point (physics)|critical point]] of a [[phase transition]], but without the need to tune control parameters to a precise value, because the system, effectively, tunes itself as it evolves towards criticality. | In [[physics]], '''self-organized criticality''' ('''SOC''') is a property of [[dynamical system]]s that have a [[critical phenomena|critical point]] as an [[attractor]]. Their macroscopic behavior thus displays the spatial or temporal [[scale invariance|scale-invariance]] characteristic of the [[critical point (physics)|critical point]] of a [[phase transition]], but without the need to tune control parameters to a precise value, because the system, effectively, tunes itself as it evolves towards criticality. |