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We are concerned with systems which are spread out in one spatial dimension, and where different spatial portions can be in different states of local stability, separated in space by transition regions. We will largely, but not exclusively, discuss systems where the differing states of local stability are not equally favored, and the transition regions thus have a preferred direction of motion. We will also emphasize questions which go beyond the deterministic kinetics of such systems, and treat fluctuations. We can go on to classify our subject in a few additional ways.
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Büttiker, M., Landauer, R. (1981). Multistable Driven Systems. In: Bernasconi, J., Schneider, T. (eds) Physics in One Dimension. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81592-8_8
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