Oslo Stochastic Sandpile (SOC)

Rice pile model with stochastic thresholds: each site has a random critical slope zc ∈ {1,2}. Avalanches exhibit self-organized criticality with power-law size distributions.

Pile height profile
Avalanche size distribution (log-log)

Parameters

Grains added: 0
Avalanches: 0
Last avalanche: 0
Oslo model (Christensen 1996)
SOC exponent τ ≈ 1.55
Power law: P(s) ~ s−τ