Zipf–Mandelbrot scaling law for world track records

Jose Alvarez-Ramirez, Monica Meraz and Gustavo Gallegos

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2003, vol. 328, issue 3, 545-560

Abstract: World track records (WTR) can be fitted with a Zipf–Mandelbrot scaling law. Metabolic energy balances are used to describe the energy release dynamics during a race. It is shown that several hierarchical relaxation processes related to metabolic mechanisms can explain the power-law behavior of WTR.

Keywords: World track records; Zipf–Mandelbrot; Energy balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00579-X

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