Universality of rank-ordering distributions in the arts and sciences.

Searching for generic behaviors has been one of the driving forces leading to a deep understanding and classification of diverse phenomena. Usually a starting point is the development of a phenomenology based on observations. Such is the case for power law distributions encountered in a wealth of si...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Martínez-Mekler, Roberto Alvarez Martínez, Manuel Beltrán del Río, Ricardo Mansilla, Pedro Miramontes, Germinal Cocho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2652070?pdf=render