Scale-invariance underlying the logistic equation and its social applications

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 377, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 176-180

  Hernando, A ^a   Plastino, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Logistic equation; Scale invariance; Social systems

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; LOGISTIC EQUATIONS; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; SCALE INVARIANCE; SOCIAL APPLICATIONS; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SUFFICIENT AND NECESSARY CONDITION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84871014764     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2012.10.054     Document Type: Article

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