Title

Bilinear Effect In Complex Systems

Abstract

The distribution of the lifetime of Chinese dynasties (as well as that of the British Isles and Japan) in a linear Zipf plot is found to consist of two straight lines intersecting at a transition point. This two-section piecewise-linear distribution is different from the power law or the stretched exponent distribution, and is called the Bilinear Effect for short. With assumptions mimicking the organization of ancient Chinese regimes, a 3-layer network model is constructed. Numerical results of this model show the bilinear effect, providing a plausible explanation of the historical data. The bilinear effect in two other social systems is presented, indicating that such a piecewise-linear effect is widespread in social systems. Copyright © EPLA, 2010.

Publication Date

9-1-2010

Publication Title

EPL

Volume

91

Issue

6

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/91/68004

Socpus ID

78751647509 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/78751647509

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