For many driven-nonequilibrium systems, the probability distribution functions of magnitude and recurrence-time of large events follow a powerlaw indicating a strong temporal correlation. In this paper we argue why these probability distribution functions are ubiquitous in driven nonequilibrium systems, and we derive universal scaling laws connecting the magnitudes, recurrence-time, and spatial...

A recently proposed scaling law for the decay time of alpha particles is generalized for cluster decay. It is shown that for the decay of even-even parents, logT1/2 depends linearly on the scaling variable S=(ZcZd) 0.6/ √ Qc and on the square root of the reduced mass of cluster and daughter. PACS numbers: 23.90.+w,25.85.Ca,23.60.+e

Regular forms of Amdahl’s law and the universal scalability model are functions of the number of processors p alone, therefore modelling only data sets with a single machine varying in its processor count. This paper demonstrates how these performance models can be expressed in terms of intrinsic machine characteristics such as: processor clock; external resource access speed; total threads; et...

This paper investigates the rank distribution, cumulative probability, and probability density of price returns for the stocks traded in the KSE and the KOSDAQ market. This research demonstrates that the rank distribution is consistent approximately with the Zipf’s law with exponent α = −1.00 (KSE) and −1.31 (KOSDAQ), similar to that of stock prices traded on the TSE. In addition, the cumulativ...

We extract the individual names of persons mentioned in news reportsfrom a Philippine-based daily in the English language from 2010-2012. Names areextracted using a learning algorithm that filters adjacent capitalized words and runs itthrough a database of non-names grown through training. The number of mentions ofindividual names shows strong temporal fluctuations, indicative o...

LLE Review, Volume 87 153 Introduction In recent years, a considerable effort1–6 has been made to determine the minimum energy required for ignition in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions. Though different conclusions have been reached by different authors, consensus is that the minimum energy required for ignition is a strong function of the shell implosion velocity as well as the she...