Size-frequency and rank-frequency relations, power laws and exponentials: a unified approach

被引：11

作者：

Egghe, L

Rousseau, R

机构：

[1] Limburgs Univ Ctr, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium

[2] Univ Antwerp, IBW, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium

来源：

PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE | 2003年 / 13卷 / 06期

关键词：

power laws; Lotka's law; Zipf's law; exponentials; unification;

D O I：

10.1080/10020070312331343880

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Power laws, such as Zipf's law, and exponential relations, leading to straight lines in logarithmic or semi-logarithmic scales, are presented in a unified setting. It is shown that the class of size-frequency power laws is larger than the class of rank-frequency power laws. Their ubiquity in all fields of science is illustrated.

引用

页码：478 / 480

页数：3

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