Zipf's law, power laws and maximum entropy

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/043021zbMath1451.94023arXiv1212.5567OpenAlexW3098710055WikidataQ59619465 ScholiaQ59619465MaRDI QIDQ5141462

Matt Visser

Publication date: 18 December 2020

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.5567

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General biostatistics (92B15) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Information theory (general) (94A15)

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Uses Software

• plfit

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