Powerlaw: A python package for analysis of heavy-tailed distributions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alstott, Jeff ^a,b   Bullmore, Ed ^b   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POWERLAW; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84898616507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085777     Document Type: Article

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