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Stationarity of the inter-event power-law distributions
- Source :
- Gandica Lopez, Y C, Carvalho, J, Sampaio Dos Aidos, F, Lambiotte, R & Carletti, T 2017, ' Stationarity of the inter-event power-law distributions ', PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174509, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2017, 12 (3), pp.e0174509. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0174509⟩, PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 3, p e0174509 (2017), Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- PLOS ONE, 2017.
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Abstract
- A number of human activities exhibit a bursty pattern, namely periods of very high activity that are followed by rest periods. Records of these processes generate time series of events whose inter-event times follow a probability distribution that displays a fat tail. The grounds for such phenomenon are not yet clearly understood. In the present work we use the freely available Wikipedia editing records to unravel some features of this phenomenon. We show that even though the probability to start editing is conditioned by the circadian 24 hour cycle, the conditional probability for the time interval between successive edits at a given time of the day is independent from the latter. We confirm our findings with the activity of posting on the social network Twitter. Our result suggests there is an intrinsic humankind scheduling pattern: after overcoming the encumbrance to start an activity, there is a robust distribution of new related actions, which does not depend on the time of day.<br />5 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1601.00864
- Subjects :
- Computer science
Social Sciences
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02 engineering and technology
Biochemistry
01 natural sciences
Power law
Fats
010104 statistics & probability
Sociology
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Econometrics
Human Activities
lcsh:Science
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
bursty behaviour
Statistical Data
Event (probability theory)
Rest (physics)
[PHYS]Physics [physics]
Multidisciplinary
Social Communication
Conditional probability
Online Encyclopedias
Lipids
Circadian Rhythm
Social Networks
Physical Sciences
Probability distribution
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
Circadian Rhythm/physiology
digital humanities
Network Analysis
Statistics (Mathematics)
Research Article
Computer and Information Sciences
Physics - Physics and Society
Twitter
FOS: Physical sciences
Probability density function
Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
wikipedia
Humans
Mass Media
0101 mathematics
Probability
Behavior
Internet
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Probability Theory
Probability Distribution
Communications
Probability Density
Encyclopedias
lcsh:Q
Chronobiology
Social Media
Mathematics
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Gandica Lopez, Y C, Carvalho, J, Sampaio Dos Aidos, F, Lambiotte, R & Carletti, T 2017, ' Stationarity of the inter-event power-law distributions ', PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174509, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2017, 12 (3), pp.e0174509. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0174509⟩, PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 3, p e0174509 (2017), Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5c2a85449ed265e0b4da722da48770a