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Moreover, the stochasticity of the external stressors causes small-scale fluctuations in the system response. In some systems, the decomposition of these signal fluctuations into precursor signals can reveal early warning signs prior to the critical transition. Here, we present a dynamical analysis of a power system subjected to an increasing load level and small-scale stochastic load perturbations. We show that the auto- and cross-correlations of bus voltage magnitudes increase, leading up to a Hopf bifurcation point, and further grow until the system collapses. This evidences a gradual transition into a state of \u201ccritical coupling,\u201d which is complementary to the established concept of \u201ccritical slowing down.\u201d Furthermore, we analyze the effects of the type of load perturbation and load characteristics on early warning signs and find that gradient changes in the autocorrelation provide early warning signs of the imminent critical transition under white-noise but not for auto-correlated load perturbations. Furthermore, the cross-correlation between all voltage magnitude pairs generally increases prior to and beyond the Hopf bifurcation point, indicating \u201ccritical coupling,\u201d but cannot provide early warning indications. Finally, we show that the established early warning indicators are oblivious to limit-induced bifurcations and, in the case of the power system model considered here, only react to an approaching Hopf bifurcation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1063\/1.5008315","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,5]],"date-time":"2017-12-05T14:56:33Z","timestamp":1512485793000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/aip-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Effects of stressor characteristics on early warning signs of critical transitions and \u201ccritical coupling\u201d in complex dynamical systems"],"prefix":"10.1063","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7210-6352","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Steffen O. 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