Bilinear effect in complex systems

Details Bilinear effect in complex systems Bilinear effect in complex systems

2010-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/1003.5281v2

EPL, 91 (2010) 68004

Physics

Physics and Society

5 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/91/68004

The distribution of the lifetime of Chinese dynasties (as well as that of the British Isles and Japan) in a linear Zipf plot is found to consist of two straight lines intersecting at a transition point. This two-section piecewise-linear distribution is different from the power law or the stretched exponent distribution, and is called the Bilinear Effect for short. With assumptions mimicking the organization of ancient Chinese regimes, a 3-layer network model is constructed. Numerical results of this model show the bilinear effect, providing a plausible explanation of the historical data. Bilinear effect in two other social systems is presented, indicating that such a piecewise-linear effect is widespread in social systems.

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