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poweRlaw

Analysis of Heavy Tailed Distributions

v1.0.0 · Feb 3, 2025 · GPL-2 | GPL-3
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An implementation of maximum likelihood estimators for a variety of heavy tailed distributions, including both the discrete and continuous power law distributions. Additionally, a goodness-of-fit based approach is used to estimate the lower cut-off for the scaling region.

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Reverse Dependencies (6)

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ForestGapR randnet sads

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ercv poppr spatialwarnings

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies pracma ForestGapR randnet sads ercv poppr spatialwarnings poweRlaw

Version History

new 1.0.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0.0 ← 0.80.0 diff Feb 2, 2025
updated 0.80.0 ← 0.70.6 diff Jan 24, 2024
updated 0.70.6 ← 0.70.5 diff Apr 24, 2020
updated 0.70.5 ← 0.70.4 diff Apr 22, 2020
updated 0.70.4 ← 0.70.2 diff Apr 6, 2020
updated 0.70.2 ← 0.70.1 diff Jan 9, 2019
updated 0.70.1 ← 0.70.0 diff Aug 28, 2017
updated 0.70.0 ← 0.60.3 diff Dec 21, 2016
updated 0.60.3 ← 0.60.0 diff Apr 11, 2016
updated 0.60.0 ← 0.50.0 diff Mar 30, 2016
updated 0.50.0 ← 0.30.2 diff Aug 10, 2015
updated 0.30.2 ← 0.30.1 diff Apr 15, 2015
updated 0.30.1 ← 0.30.0 diff Mar 12, 2015
updated 0.30.0 ← 0.20.5 diff Feb 19, 2015
updated 0.20.5 ← 0.20.3 diff Jun 11, 2014
updated 0.20.3 ← 0.20.2 diff May 26, 2014
updated 0.20.2 ← 0.20.1 diff Dec 18, 2013
updated 0.20.1 ← 0.20.0 diff Jun 24, 2013
new 0.20.0 Jun 6, 2013