Theory of aces: Fame by chance or merit?

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-42

  Simkin, M V ^a,b   Roychowdhury, V P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Fame; Meme; Merit; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144443612     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500500333258     Document Type: Article

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