INTERACTING INDIVIDUALS LEADING TO ZIPFS LAW

Authors
MARSILI M ZHANG YC
Citation
M. Marsili et Yc. Zhang, INTERACTING INDIVIDUALS LEADING TO ZIPFS LAW, Physical review letters, 80(12), 1998, pp. 2741-2744
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2741 - 2744
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:12<2741:IILTZL>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We present a general approach to explain the Zipf's law of city distri bution. If the simplest interaction (pairwise) is assumed, individuals tend to form cities in agreement with the well-known statistics.