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power law
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Noun1.power law - (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity
Stevens' law, Stevens' power law
law of nature, law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
psychophysics - the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
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95 Paperback HM851 A power law distribution, as Srinivasa (International Institute for Information Technology, Bangalore, India) puts it, "denotes a system with a very small number of extremely powerful entities and a very large number of entities having very limited power" and are characteristically found in "frictionless" (low transaction cost) non- linear systems such as information networks.
The power law of information; life in a connected world by Reference & Research Book News
The model solved the wall plume equations for two-dimensional boundary layer self-similar laminar flow while using a power law distribution for the temperature difference between the wall and the ambient conditions.
Simplified thermal model of spaces cooled with combined positive ... by Ayoub, Mohamad; Ghaddar, Nesreen; Ghali, Kamel / HVAC & R Research
Power law distributions and fractal properties, consistent with the above, are commonly found in magmatic and non-magmatic fracture systems [27-29].
Could magma transport and accumulation be a useful analogue to ... by Bons, P.D.; Soesoo, A. / Oil Shale
 
 
 
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