Interacting individuals leading to Zipf's law

被引：155

作者：

Marsili, M ^{[1
]}

Zhang, YC

机构：

[1] Univ Fribourg, Inst Phys Theor, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

[2] SISSA, Sch Adv Int Studies, I-34014 Trieste, Italy

[3] INFM Unit, I-34014 Trieste, Italy

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1998年 / 80卷 / 12期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2741

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We present a general approach to explain the Zipf's law of city distribution. If the simplest interaction (pairwise) is assumed, individuals tend to form cities in agreement with the well-known statistics.

引用

页码：2741 / 2744

页数：4

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