Fat tails

American Scientist

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-204

  Hayes, Brian ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POWER LAW; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247364003     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2007.65.374     Document Type: Article

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