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A classification of natural and social distributions Part one: the descriptions — mentioned by mncharity

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:31:02 GMT

"Scaling laws"[1] is the google phase (missing from OP). Take "power law" with a grain of salt.[2] They often turn out better fit with log-normals, log-logistics, etc. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=scaling+laws https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2016&q=scaling+law... [2] A classification of natural and social distributions Part one: the descriptions https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03408

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A classification of natural and social distributions Part one: the descriptions — mentioned by kens

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 19:01:04 GMT

You got me curious. Apparently it's "weak power-law" and means a power-law relationship only applies over part of the range. As opposed to strong power law which applies over the full curve, or false power law where only a truncated part of the data fits a power law. Different types of power laws: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.03408.pdf Power-law rheology of cells: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-matsci...

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