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Mechanism For Powerlaws Without Self-Organization

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  • DIDIER SORNETTE

    (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and Department of Earth and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA;
    Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR6622 and Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, B.P. 71, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France)

Abstract

A recent claim has been made that there must be a self-regulation in the waiting times to see hospital consultants on the ground that therelativechanges in the size of waiting lists follow a power law.4In agreement with simulations of Frecketon and Sutherland, we explain the general nonself-regulating mechanism underlying this result and derive the exponent value -2 exactly. In addition, we provide links with related phenomena encountered in many other fields.

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  • Didier Sornette, 2002. "Mechanism For Powerlaws Without Self-Organization," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(02), pages 133-136.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:13:y:2002:i:02:n:s0129183102003036
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183102003036
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    1. Lukasz A. Drozd & Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel & Marina Tavares, 2022. "Understanding Growth Through Automation: The Neoclassical Perspective," Working Papers 22-25, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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