There is more than a power law in Zipf

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cristelli, Matthieu ^a,b   Batty, Michael ^c,d   Pietronero, Luciano ^a,b,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e London Institute for Mathematical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869173877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00812     Document Type: Article

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