Black swans or dragon-kings? A simple test for deviations from the power law

European Physical Journal: Special Topics

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-93

  Janczura, J ^a   Weron, R ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 84860523926     PISSN: 19516355     EISSN: 19516401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01563-9     Document Type: Article

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