Essays about: "Zipf s law"

Found 4 essays containing the words Zipf s law.

  1. 1. The distribution of Foreigners and Locals in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Davide Dutto; Duyun Lei; [2020]
    Keywords : Agglomeration; Zipf’s law; Rank size distribution; Migration; Population;

    Abstract : This study aims to find a relationship between the distribution of locals inside of Sweden and the municipalities’ relative concentration of foreigners. With the usage of data found in the website Statistics Sweden, we aim to investigate the existence of any relationship between the local population size of a municipality against the number of foreigners present in said municipalities, and see whether foreigners and immigrants are more concentrated in more populated municipalities rather than less populated ones. READ MORE

  3. 2. Zipf's Law for Natural Cities Extracted from Location-Based Social Media Data

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Sirui Wu; [2015]
    Keywords : big data; location-based social media data; Zipf s law; power law; natural cities; ht-index;

    Abstract : Zipf’s law is one of the empirical statistical regularities found within many natural systems, ranging from protein sequences of immune receptors in cells to the intensity of solar flares from the sun. Verifying the universality of Zipf’s law can provide many opportunities for us to further seek the commonalities of phenomena that possess the power law behavior. READ MORE

  4. 3. IP Multicasting over DVB-T/H and eMBMS : Efficient System Spectral Efficiency Schemes for Wireless TV Distributions

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi och medier

    Author : S.M. Hasibur Rahman; [2012]
    Keywords : eMBMS; DVB-T; Multicasting; system spectral efficiency;

    Abstract : In today’s DVB-T/H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial/Handheld) systems, broadcasting is employed, meaning that TV programs are sent over all transmitters, also where there are no viewers. This is inefficient utilization of spectrum and transmitter equipment. IP multicasting is increasingly used for IP-TV over fixed broadband access. READ MORE

  5. 4. Location and rank-size distribution of Arts and Entertainment : A study of US Metropolitan Regions

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Benjamin Ruett; [2010]
    Keywords : Firm location; firm size; economies of scale; Zipf’s law;

    Abstract : This thesis describes and analyzes the location and size distribution of artand entertainment establishments and metropolitan regions in the UnitedStates. The included sectors are sound recording, motion picture and video,book and newspaper publishing as well as the live performing arts. READ MORE