Pareto and Zipf laws for city size distribution

Pinto, Carla; Lopes, A. M.; Tenreiro Machado, J. A.

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Pinto, Carla

Lopes, A. M.

Tenreiro Machado, J. A.

Abstract(s)

Pareto and Zipf distributions have been used in the modeling of distinct phenomena, namely in biology, demography, computer science, economics, amongst others. In this paper, it is presented a short review of applications of these distributions in city sizes.