COMPLEX SYSTEMS Unzipping Zipf's law

被引：31
作者：
Adamic, Lada [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Michigan, Sch Informat, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Ctr Study Complex Syst, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
来源：
NATURE | 2011年 / 474卷 / 7350期
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D O I：
10.1038/474164a
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
One mathematical model can account for power-law distributions in a variety of systems. Eschewing system-specific assumptions, it utilizes a shared feature of the observed distributions: they all describe the division of items into groups.
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页码：164 / 165
页数：2
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