Stretched exponential distributions in nature and economy: "Fat tails" with characteristic scales

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 525-539

  Laherrere J ^a   Sornette, D ^b,c  

^a Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

01.75.+m Science and society; 02.50.+r Probability theory, stochastic processes and statistics; 89.90.+n Other areas of general interest to physicists

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKES; ECONOMICS; FRACTALS; LIGHT EMISSION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 0031650516     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050276     Document Type: Article

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