Double power law behavior in everyday phenomena

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

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Pinto, Carla

Lopes, António M.

Tenreiro Machado, J. A.

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We study similar statistical properties observed in distinct real world data. In particular, we focus on the power law (PL) distribution. We nd that some data is well tted by a single PL distribution whereas other phenomena force the use of two distinct PLs. This behavior is similar in, a priori, unrelated phenomena, such as catastrophes (terrorism, earthquakes) and variables associated to man-made systems, such as distribution of the number of words in texts or of the number of hits received by websites.

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Power law Real world phenomena Double power law

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/13128

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ISEP - DEE - Artigos

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