Statistical laws governing fluctuations in word use from word birth to word death

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Petersen, Alexander M ^a   Tenenbaum, Joel ^b   Havlin, Shlomo ^c   Stanley, H Eugene ^b  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84859736942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00313     Document Type: Article

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