We examine and qualify the collective behavior of a micromagnetic mode
l, which allowed us to distinguish between local events (avalanches) a
nd global ones (Barkhausen jumps). We show that it is possible to scal
e, in limited system size ranges, the Barkhausen jump distribution fun
ctions and discuss the applicability to the description of the collect
ive behavior of the self-organized criticality ideas. (C) 1998 Elsevie
r Science B.V. All rights reserved.