Journal article
Bilinear effect in complex systems
Europhysics letters, v 91(6), p68004
27 Mar 2010
Abstract
EPL, 91 (2010) 68004 The distribution of the lifetime of Chinese dynasties (as well as that of the
British Isles and Japan) in a linear Zipf plot is found to consist of two
straight lines intersecting at a transition point. This two-section
piecewise-linear distribution is different from the power law or the stretched
exponent distribution, and is called the Bilinear Effect for short. With
assumptions mimicking the organization of ancient Chinese regimes, a 3-layer
network model is constructed. Numerical results of this model show the bilinear
effect, providing a plausible explanation of the historical data. Bilinear
effect in two other social systems is presented, indicating that such a
piecewise-linear effect is widespread in social systems.
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Details
- Title
- Bilinear effect in complex systems
- Creators
- Lui LamDavid C BellaviaXiao-Pu HanChih-Hui Alston LiuChang-Qing ShuZhengjin WeiTao ZhouJichen Zhu
- Publication Details
- Europhysics letters, v 91(6), p68004
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Digital Media
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000283708700035
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78751647509
- Other Identifier
- 991014877680904721
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- Physics, Multidisciplinary