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Fitting power-laws in empirical data with estimators that work for all exponents

Rudolf Hanel,

Current address: Section for Science of Complex Systems, CeMSIIS, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, Bauteil 86, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Bernat Corominas-Murtra,

Current address: Section for Science of Complex Systems, CeMSIIS, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, Bauteil 86, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Bo Liu,

Current address: Section for Science of Complex Systems, CeMSIIS, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, Bauteil 86, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Stefan Thurner

* E-mail: stefan.thurner@meduniwien.ac.at

Current address: Section for Science of Complex Systems, CeMSIIS, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, Bauteil 86, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Affiliations Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria, Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, United States of America, IIASA, Schlossplatz 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstädterstrasse 39, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Fitting power-laws in empirical data with estimators that work for all exponents

Rudolf Hanel,
Bernat Corominas-Murtra,
Bo Liu,
Stefan Thurner

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Published: February 28, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170920

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