The sharp peak-flat trough pattern and critical speculation

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 387-399

  Roehner, B M ^a   Sornette, D ^b,c  

^a LPTHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

01.75+m science and society; 05.40.+j Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, and Brownian motion; 05.70.Jk Critical point phenomena

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PEAK-FLAT TROUGH PATTERN;

MARKETING;

EID: 0031640235     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050394     Document Type: Article

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