Slide Set 07: Mechanisms leading to power-law size distributions: Part 2 | Principles of Complex Systems

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Slide Set 07: Mechanisms leading to power-law size distributions: Part 2

Slide Set 06: Mechanisms leading to power-law size distributions: Part 1

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Slide Set 08: Benford's Law

Herbert Simon versus Benoît Mandelbrot: Two theories enter, one theory leaves.

Simple, flat slides: 29M

Printable handout: 13M

Slides with all reveals for lectures: 47M

Covered in these episodes:

07: Transformations to unusual size and a start on Simon

08: The rich are different because they have more money

09: Simon's first mover advantage and Mandelbrot's model

10: Mandelbrot's tale of efficient language and more things