A review of power laws in real life phenomena

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Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Carla M.A.
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Lopes, António M., Machado, J.A.Tenreiro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/3814
Resumo: 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.
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title A review of power laws in real life phenomena
spellingShingle A review of power laws in real life phenomena
Pinto, Carla M.A.
Power law behavior
Parento law
Zipf law
Heavy tail distributions
Applications
title_short A review of power laws in real life phenomena
title_full A review of power laws in real life phenomena
title_fullStr A review of power laws in real life phenomena
title_full_unstemmed A review of power laws in real life phenomena
title_sort A review of power laws in real life phenomena
author Pinto, Carla M.A.
author_facet Pinto, Carla M.A.
Lopes, António M.
Machado, J.A.Tenreiro
author_role author
author2 Lopes, António M.
Machado, J.A.Tenreiro
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pinto, Carla M.A.
Lopes, António M.
Machado, J.A.Tenreiro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Power law behavior
Parento law
Zipf law
Heavy tail distributions
Applications
topic Power law behavior
Parento law
Zipf law
Heavy tail distributions
Applications
description 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.
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