On New Mechanisms Leading to Heavy-Tailed Distributions Related to the Ones Of Yule-Simon
On New Mechanisms Leading to Heavy-Tailed Distributions Related to the Ones Of Yule-Simon
Scientists reinvent stochastic mechanisms leading to the emergence of a distribution discovered by H.A. Simon, in the context of the study of word frequencies occurring in a textbook. Simon distributions are heavy-tailed as a result of a reinforcement mechanism that produced them, related to the modern notion of preferential attachment. …