The Power Law of Terrorism
January 12th, 2010. Published under My Recent Reads. No Comments.
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Research result #1: “A Generalized Fission-Fusion Model for the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Attacks,” by Aaron Clauset and Frederik W. Wiegel. Plot the number of people killed in terrorists attacks around the world since 1968 against the frequency with which such attacks occur and you’ll get a power law distribution, that’s a fancy way of saying a straight line when…