Power Laws in Stochastic Processes for Social Phenomena: An Introductory Review
Many phenomena with power laws have been observed in various fields of the natural and social sciences, and these power laws are often interpreted as the macro behaviors of systems that consist of micro units. In this paper, we review some basic mathematical mechanisms that are known to generate pow...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Physics |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00020/full |