From skew distributions to power-law science

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 254-274

  Andriani, Pierpaolo ^a   McKelvey, Bill ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n15     Document Type: Chapter

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