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Ryan Lehmkuhl
3/13/24
Fitted CDF way off from empiracal data
Hi, First off, thanks for maintaining such an excellent package! I work outside this area, and having
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Fitted CDF way off from empiracal data
Hi, First off, thanks for maintaining such an excellent package! I work outside this area, and having
3/13/24
Vijay Kumar
1/31/23
Regardind distribution compare : underlying assumption of MLE
Dear all, If the data are dependent, is it okay to use "compare distribution" method ?
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Regardind distribution compare : underlying assumption of MLE
Dear all, If the data are dependent, is it okay to use "compare distribution" method ?
1/31/23
Vijay Kumar
1/31/23
How do can I set up fixed bin size when I fit the data?
Dear all, Power law fit doesn't provide options to manually indicate what should be bin size when
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How do can I set up fixed bin size when I fit the data?
Dear all, Power law fit doesn't provide options to manually indicate what should be bin size when
1/31/23
Harvey Stein
11/14/22
Pickle crashes
I saved the results from powerlaw.Fit() to a pickle file. When I try to read the results back, I get
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Pickle crashes
I saved the results from powerlaw.Fit() to a pickle file. When I try to read the results back, I get
11/14/22
Harvey Stein
11/14/22
Turning off xmin progress
When I call powerlaw.Fit, it outputs: xmin progress: X% and keeps updating the progress. This is nice
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Turning off xmin progress
When I call powerlaw.Fit, it outputs: xmin progress: X% and keeps updating the progress. This is nice
11/14/22
Roger
8/22/22
Really Basic Question
I'm just trying to fit a curve to a power-law dataset. I'm used to using scipy for curve
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Really Basic Question
I'm just trying to fit a curve to a power-law dataset. I'm used to using scipy for curve
8/22/22
Piotr Fronczak
8/10/22
bins provided to plot_pdf not working
Hi, I try to plot pdf with my own bins. Line 1970 in powerlaw.py in function pdf: if 'bins'
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bins provided to plot_pdf not working
Hi, I try to plot pdf with my own bins. Line 1970 in powerlaw.py in function pdf: if 'bins'
8/10/22
Rahul Kumar
6/19/22
the shift by option in fit.powerlaw.plot_ccdf(shift_by='original_data') not working.
Hello Jeff, I am facing the same issue as the previous user but in past, you solved the problem by
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the shift by option in fit.powerlaw.plot_ccdf(shift_by='original_data') not working.
Hello Jeff, I am facing the same issue as the previous user but in past, you solved the problem by
6/19/22
Yuan Luo
12/28/21
Goodness of fit and estimates
Hi Jeff, As Philipp, I was also looking for the p-value for the goodness-of-fit of power law. While I
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Goodness of fit and estimates
Hi Jeff, As Philipp, I was also looking for the p-value for the goodness-of-fit of power law. While I
12/28/21
Nixon Raj
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Jeff Alstott
3
5/25/21
Does a bad powerlaw fit not even be closer to the data points??
Adding 3.5 as xmax does not help either. And multiplying the smallest value with the data also didn
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Does a bad powerlaw fit not even be closer to the data points??
Adding 3.5 as xmax does not help either. And multiplying the smallest value with the data also didn
5/25/21
Ilya Belalov
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Jeff Alstott
4
5/3/21
Degree of uncertainty
Congratulations! On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:48 AM Ilya Belalov <ilya.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Degree of uncertainty
Congratulations! On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:48 AM Ilya Belalov <ilya.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
5/3/21
Niklas
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Jeff Alstott
3
8/20/20
Interpreting the p-value for distribution_compare
Amazing, thank you so much, Jeff! I looked for hours to find an explanation and this is just perfect
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Interpreting the p-value for distribution_compare
Amazing, thank you so much, Jeff! I looked for hours to find an explanation and this is just perfect
8/20/20
Daniele Notarmuzi
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Jeff Alstott
4
2/2/20
lognormal fit
I didn't parse what you did, but did you not threshold your data above xmin before fitting?
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lognormal fit
I didn't parse what you did, but did you not threshold your data above xmin before fitting?
2/2/20
PowerLawyer
8/4/19
Fitting the Zachary's Karate Club degrees of vertices to a power law.
I've already posted a question on Stackoverflow. Does anyone mind to take a look and advise?
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Fitting the Zachary's Karate Club degrees of vertices to a power law.
I've already posted a question on Stackoverflow. Does anyone mind to take a look and advise?
8/4/19
danielko...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
3
6/20/19
Simulating data and fitting when power-law exponent is negative fails
Hi Jeff (and any future readers), I found a workable solution that should have occurred to me earlier
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Simulating data and fitting when power-law exponent is negative fails
Hi Jeff (and any future readers), I found a workable solution that should have occurred to me earlier
6/20/19
Jan Grießer
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Jeff Alstott
3
5/24/19
Slightly different results in pdf data and fit.plot_pdf() function
Glad you got it sorted! Thanks for using powerlaw. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:19 AM 'Jan Grießer
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Slightly different results in pdf data and fit.plot_pdf() function
Glad you got it sorted! Thanks for using powerlaw. On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:19 AM 'Jan Grießer
5/24/19
awmou...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
2
3/20/19
How to get the gamma value for my network
Not sure what you're asking, but powerlaw is not network analysis software. Thanks, Jeff On Wed,
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How to get the gamma value for my network
Not sure what you're asking, but powerlaw is not network analysis software. Thanks, Jeff On Wed,
3/20/19
Daniele Notarmuzi
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Jeff Alstott
2
11/5/18
Trustability of results under warning messages
"Can I trust those results?" Yes. https://github.com/jeffalstott/powerlaw/issues/25 "I
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Trustability of results under warning messages
"Can I trust those results?" Yes. https://github.com/jeffalstott/powerlaw/issues/25 "I
11/5/18
siemp...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
3
9/26/18
Different result in lognormal parameter mu
Thanks Jeff. I have been understanding the concept of the algorithm. I would like to express my
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Different result in lognormal parameter mu
Thanks Jeff. I have been understanding the concept of the algorithm. I would like to express my
9/26/18
antd...@gmail.com
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superno...@gmail.com
5
5/31/18
empirical cdf
Hi Jeff, Brilliant, thanks. Sorry for my wording and thanks for trying to reply. I managed to
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empirical cdf
Hi Jeff, Brilliant, thanks. Sorry for my wording and thanks for trying to reply. I managed to
5/31/18
ary...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
5
10/26/17
Obtain the loglikelihood to select models using Akaike criteria
Great insight about xmin and AIC! The xmin issue is controversial. it is clear that you are assuming
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Obtain the loglikelihood to select models using Akaike criteria
Great insight about xmin and AIC! The xmin issue is controversial. it is clear that you are assuming
10/26/17
bla...@tcd.ie
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Jeff Alstott
3
9/4/17
Extrapolating beyond the maximum x-value in the data.
Hi Jeff That's brilliant, thank you. I must have misread the docs. On Sunday, September 3, 2017
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Extrapolating beyond the maximum x-value in the data.
Hi Jeff That's brilliant, thank you. I must have misread the docs. On Sunday, September 3, 2017
9/4/17
Jeff Alstott
5/24/17
powerlaw version 1.4.2
Updated to version 1.4.2. Check it out on PyPI or Github. Changes: - 'verbose' option added
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powerlaw version 1.4.2
Updated to version 1.4.2. Check it out on PyPI or Github. Changes: - 'verbose' option added
5/24/17
ronggu...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
2
5/18/17
How to fit a truncated power law model?
fit.truncated_power_law.alpha fit.truncated_power_law.Lambda or fit.truncated_power_law.parameters or
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How to fit a truncated power law model?
fit.truncated_power_law.alpha fit.truncated_power_law.Lambda or fit.truncated_power_law.parameters or
5/18/17
Alex
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Jeff Alstott
2
4/24/17
Execution time
Hi Alex, Have you tried taking samples of your data and seeing how the runtime scales as you increase
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Execution time
Hi Alex, Have you tried taking samples of your data and seeing how the runtime scales as you increase
4/24/17
sanjasc...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
3
4/3/17
fit_method and different outcomes in distribution_compare
Hi again, Thank you. Possible reason is that while lognormal is found a better fit for our data, it
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fit_method and different outcomes in distribution_compare
Hi again, Thank you. Possible reason is that while lognormal is found a better fit for our data, it
4/3/17
sanjasc...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
3
3/30/17
Selecting xmin
Great, thanks! Your answer is more than helpful. Indeed, when plotting the fit.Ds, sigma and sigma/
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Selecting xmin
Great, thanks! Your answer is more than helpful. Indeed, when plotting the fit.Ds, sigma and sigma/
3/30/17
Philipp Singer
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sanjasc...@gmail.com
5
3/30/17
Goodness of fit
Thanks a lot! Now it is clear as well as your decision not to have it implemented. I did read the
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Goodness of fit
Thanks a lot! Now it is clear as well as your decision not to have it implemented. I did read the
3/30/17
likec...@gmail.com
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Jeff Alstott
4
3/18/17
conflicting results of lognormal fit
(The answer was: "distribution_fit old code that is unadvertised and no one should be using and
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conflicting results of lognormal fit
(The answer was: "distribution_fit old code that is unadvertised and no one should be using and
3/18/17
phili...@aol.com
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Jeff Alstott
6
10/1/16
Can I directly supply histogram as opposed to list of data to powerlaw?
Nope. They are totally different methods. Look at the other paper referenced for methods for fitting
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Can I directly supply histogram as opposed to list of data to powerlaw?
Nope. They are totally different methods. Look at the other paper referenced for methods for fitting
10/1/16