On the distribution of family names

DOI10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01455-3zbMath1010.91086OpenAlexW2012199576MaRDI QIDQ1855548

William J. Reed, Barry D. Hughes

Publication date: 5 February 2003

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4371(02)01455-3

zbMATH Keywords

power law decayGalton-Watson branching processesindividual-number growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Mathematical geography and demography (91D20) Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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