A review of power laws in real life phenomena

被引：103

作者：

Pinto, Carla M. A. ^{[1
]}

Mendes Lopes, A. ^{[2
]}

Tenreiro Machado, J. A. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Porto, Inst Super Engn Porto, Ctr Matemat, P-4200072 Oporto, Portugal

[2] Univ Porto, UISPA, IDMEC Polo FEUP, Fac Engn, P-4200465 Oporto, Portugal

[3] Inst Super Engn Porto, Dept Engn Electrotecn, P-4200072 Oporto, Portugal

来源：

COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION | 2012年 / 17卷 / 09期

关键词：

Power law behavior; Parento law; Zipf law; Heavy tail distributions; Applications; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; PARETO LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZIPFS LAW; INCOME-DISTRIBUTION; FOREST-FIRES; MODEL; CITIES; POPULATION; EVOLUTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cnsns.2012.01.013

中图分类号：

O29 [应用数学];

学科分类号：

070104 [应用数学];

摘要：

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. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：3558 / 3578

页数：21

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