Slide Set 10: Mechanisms leading to power-law size distributions: Part 4
Herbert Simon versus Benoît Mandelbrot: Two theories enter, one theory leaves.
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Covered in these episode(s) and clip(s):
Episode 1: Mandelbrot's dream of efficient language (37:02)
Clip 1: Intro to Mandelbrot's optimality (3:55)
Clip 2: Mandelbrot versus Simon: There can be only one theory. (3:20)
Clip 3: Mandelbrot's optimality model (16:45)
Clip 4: Complaints about Mandelbrot's argument. (2:22)
Clip 5: More complaints about Mandelbrot's argument. (3:38)
Clip 6: Simon versus Mandelbrot: Who wins? (3:47)