Title of article
A review of power laws in real life phenomena
Author/Authors
Pinto، نويسنده , , Carla M.A. and Mendes Lopes، نويسنده , , A. and Machado، نويسنده , , J.A. Tenreiro Machado، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages
21
From page
3558
To page
3578
Abstract
Power law distributions, also known as heavy tail distributions, model distinct real life phenomena in the areas of biology, demography, computer science, economics, information theory, language, and astronomy, amongst others. In this paper, it is presented a review of the literature having in mind applications and possible explanations for the use of power laws in real phenomena. We also unravel some controversies around power laws.
Keywords
Power law behavior , Parento law , Zipf law , Heavy tail distributions , Applications
Journal title
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Serial Year
2012
Journal title
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Record number
1537224
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