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SNOWBALL EFFECT

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Charles François (2004). SNOWBALL EFFECT, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3070.
Collection International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year 2004
Vol. (num.) 2(2)
ID 3070
Object type General information

A colloquial way to express percolation effects at critical instability thresholds.

Snowball effects correspond to avalanches, panics, epidemic propagation and generally runaway processes.

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