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Power-law distribution in a learning process: competition, learning and natural selection

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  • Gupta, Hari M.
  • Campanha, José R.

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In the present work, we propose a model for the statistical distribution of people versus number of steps acquired by them in a learning process, based on competition, learning and natural selection. We consider that learning ability is normally distributed. We found that the number of people versus step acquired by them in a learning process is given through a power law. As competition, learning and selection is also at the core of all economical and social systems, we consider that power-law scaling is a quantitative description of this process in social systems. This gives an alternative thinking in holistic properties of complex systems.

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  • Gupta, Hari M. & Campanha, José R., 2005. "Power-law distribution in a learning process: competition, learning and natural selection," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 345(1), pages 267-274.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:345:y:2005:i:1:p:267-274
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.07.010
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