About the Authors

Mario A. Bertella

Affiliations Department of Economics, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Felipe R. Pires

Affiliation Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo,Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ling Feng

felney@gmail.com

Affiliations Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Physics and Centre for Computational Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Harry Eugene Stanley

Affiliation Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Felipe R. Pires, is affliated with a commercial company, Companhia Metro de Sao Paul. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAB FRP LF HES. Performed the experiments: MAB FRP LF HES. Analyzed the data: MAB FRP LF HES. Wrote the paper: MAB FRP LF HES.