Universal scaling laws for hierarchical complexity in languages, organisms, behaviors and other combinatorial systems

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-295

  Changizi, Mark A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANGUAGE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; LANGUAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035822719     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2346     Document Type: Article

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