GCST demonstrates the balance of stability factors in complex systems, suggesting critical thresholds for stability management.
Global Complexity Stability Theory (GCST) proposes that the stability of any complex system is determined by the balance between three fundamental quantities: structural complexity C, rate of environmental change α, and recovery/stabilization rate γ. The theory asserts that instability emerges primarily from acceleration: when α exceeds a critical threshold relative to γ/C, the system accumulates instability debt, leading to bifurcations, multistability, and potential collapse.
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Р С Лукин (2026) studied this question.
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