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A review of power laws in real life phenomena
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Power law distributions, also known as heavy tail distributions, model distinct real life
phenomena in the areas of biology, demography, computer science, economics, information
theory, language, and astronomy, amongst others. In this paper, it is presented a
review of the literature having in mind applications and possible explanations for the
use of power laws in real phenomena. We also unravel some controversies around power
laws.
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Power law behavior Parento law Zipf law Heavy tail distributions Applications
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Elsevier