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Scaling and universality in animate and inanimate systems

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  • Stanley, H.E.
  • Amaral, L.A.N.
  • Buldyrev, S.V.
  • Goldberger, A.L.
  • Havlin, S.
  • Leschhorn, H.
  • Maass, P.
  • Makse, H.A.
  • Peng, C.-K.
  • Salinger, M.A.
  • Stanley, M.H.R.
  • Viswanathan, G.M.

Abstract

We illustrate the general principle that in biophysics, econophysics and possibly even city growth, the conceptual framework provided by scaling and universality may be of use in making sense of complex statistical data. Specifically, we discuss recent work on DNA sequences, heartbeat intervals, avalanche-like lung inflation, urban growth, and company growth. Although our main focus is on data, we also discuss statistical mechanical models.

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  • Stanley, H.E. & Amaral, L.A.N. & Buldyrev, S.V. & Goldberger, A.L. & Havlin, S. & Leschhorn, H. & Maass, P. & Makse, H.A. & Peng, C.-K. & Salinger, M.A. & Stanley, M.H.R. & Viswanathan, G.M., 1996. "Scaling and universality in animate and inanimate systems," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 231(1), pages 20-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:231:y:1996:i:1:p:20-48
    DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(96)00086-6
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    1. Garmestani, Ahjond S. & Allen, Craig R. & Gallagher, Colin M., 2008. "Power laws, discontinuities and regional city size distributions," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 209-216, October.
    2. Juanico, Dranreb Earl & Monterola, Christopher & Saloma, Caesar, 2003. "Allelomimesis as a generic clustering mechanism for interacting agents," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 320(C), pages 590-600.

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