Comment on A.-L. Barabasi, Nature 435 207-211 (2005)

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2006-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602029v1

Physics

Physics and Society

4 pages including two figures. Subm. to Nature

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The purpose of this communication is twofold. First, it clarifies the origin of the power law obtained in the computer simulations presented in A.-L. Barabasi, Nature 435 207-211 (2005) as well as presenting a statistically more sound analysis of the experimental email data used in that paper and in [4]. The second purpose is to clarify the origin of the the suggestion of power law probability distribution for the response times of humans presented with a piece of new information either as a news event or through the reception of an email.

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