We report a simple method to accurately determine the threshold and the exponent ν of the Bak–Sneppen (BS) model and also investigate the BS universality class. For the random-neighbor version of the BS model, we find the threshold x∗=0.33332(3), in agreement with the exact result x∗=13...

Monte Carlo simulation within the grand canonical ensemble, the histogram reweighting technique, and finite size scaling analysis are used to explore the phase behaviour of heteronuclear dimers, composed of A and B type segments, on square and triangular lattices. We have considered models with...

The role of the distribution of coupling constants in the critical exponents of the short-range Ising spin-glass model is investigated via real space renormalization group. A saddle-point spin glass critical point characterized by a fixed-point distribution is found in an appropriated parameter...

The problem of non-universality of the conductivity critical exponents in anisotropic percolating systems is discussed in this paper. The authors bring simple arguments and gather experimental evidences to show that universality is observable in anisotropic media, and that its occurrence depends...

The critical scaling and universality in the short-time dynamics for spin models on a two-dimensional triangular lattice are investigated by using a Monte Carlo simulation. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic evolutions from fully ordered initial states to show that universal scaling exists...