Hollywood blockbusters and long-tailed distributions: An empirical study of the popularity of movies

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-296

  Sinha, S ^a   Raghavendra, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; GRAPH THEORY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICS;

HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS; PROBABILITY THEORY; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS OBEYING SCALING LAWS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 14644402396     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2004-00382-7     Document Type: Article

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