Q-exponential distribution in urban agglomeration

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

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Malacarne, L C ^a   Mendes, R S ^a   Lenzi, E K ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

FIELD THEORY; FITTING PROCEDURES; PSEUDOCRITICAL TEMPERATURE; RANDOM SITE TWO DIMENSIONAL ISING MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 41349084137     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.017106     Document Type: Article

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