Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2005-09-07
Phys. Rev. E, 73, 026115 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
12 pages, 4 figures; Changed some expressions and notations; Added more explanations and changed the order of presentation in
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.73.026115
We introduce a non-growth model that generates the power-law distribution with the Zipf exponent. There are N elements, each of which is characterized by a quantity, and at each time step these quantities are redistributed through binary random interactions with a simple additive preferential rule, while the sum of quantities is conserved. The situation described by this model is similar to those of closed $N$-particle systems when conservative two-body collisions are only allowed. We obtain stationary distributions of these quantities both analytically and numerically while varying parameters of the model, and find that the model exhibits the scaling behavior for some parameter ranges. Unlike well-known growth models, this alternative mechanism generates the power-law distribution when the growth is not expected and the dynamics of the system is based on interactions between elements. This model can be applied to some examples such as personal wealths, city sizes, and the generation of scale-free networks when only rewiring is allowed.
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