Modeling bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics
✍ Scribed by Vázquez, Alexei; Oliveira, João; Dezsö, Zoltán; Goh, Kwang-Il; Kondor, Imre; Barabási, Albert-László
- Book ID
- 111888934
- Publisher
- The American Physical Society
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 874 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1063-651X
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