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Beta Rank Function: A Smooth Double-Pareto-Like Distribution
Oscar Fontanelli, Pedro Miramontes, Ricardo Mansilla +2
The Beta Rank Function (BRF) , where is the normalized and continuous rank of an observation , has wide applications in fitting real-world data from soci…
Rank-frequency distribution of natural languages: a difference of probabilities approach
Germinal Cocho, R. F. Rodríguez, Sergio Sánchez +3
The time variation of the rank of words for six Indo-European languages is obtained using data from Google Books. For low ranks the distinct languages behave differently, maybe…
Rank dynamics of word usage at multiple scales
José A. Morales, Ewan Colman, Sergio Sánchez +6
The recent dramatic increase in online data availability has allowed researchers to explore human culture with unprecedented detail, such as the growth and diversification of langu…
Trajectory stability in the traveling salesman problem
Sergio Sánchez, Germinal Cocho, Jorge Flores +3
Two generalizations of the traveling salesman problem in which sites change their position in time are presented. The way the rank of different trajectory lengths changes in time i…
Population patterns in World's administrative units
Oscar Fontanelli, Pedro Miramontes, Germinal Cocho +1
While there has been an extended discussion concerning city population distribution, little has been said about administrative units. Even though there might be a correspondence be…
Universal temporal features of rankings in competitive sports and games
José A. Morales, Sergio Sánchez, Jorge Flores +5
Many complex phenomena, from the selection of traits in biological systems to hierarchy formation in social and economic entities, show signs of competition and heterogeneous perfo…