Evolution of power law distributions in science and society

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Jeon, Young Pyo ^a   McCoy, Benjamin J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION-DISSOCIATION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTING MODELS; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTIONS;

AEROSOLS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; PROCESS CONTROL;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 28844498048     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.037104     Document Type: Article

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