INTERACTING PARTICLE LATTICE SYSTEMS - SOME RECENT RESULTS ON NONEQUILILBRIUM STEADY-STATES AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS

This is a very short description of results in a series of studies of phase transitions in Ising-like or interacting particle lattice system s which are very convenient for computational purposes. The condition of detailed balance does not hold in general due to the presence of ei ther conflicting kinetics or driving dissipative fields. The systems e xhibit interesting behaviour that may sometimes correspond to natural situations, e.g., they model ideal steady nonequilibrium states in com plex systems.