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Zipf law for Brazilian cities

✍ Scribed by Newton J. Moura Jr.; Marcelo B. Ribeiro

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 228 KB
Volume: 367
Category: Article
ISSN: 0378-4371
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.11.038

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