COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States follow Taylor’s law for heavy-tailed distributions with infinite variance
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2209234119
Abstract: Significance Variations in the cumulative reported SARS-CoV-2 cases and COVID-19 deaths by US county, state, and date exemplify Taylor’s law of fluctuation scaling, a widespread ecological and epidemiological pattern. Specifically, on day 1 of each… read more here.
Keywords: cases deaths; taylor law; variance; infinite variance ... See more keywords
Gompertz, Makeham, and Siler models explain Taylor's law in human mortality data
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DOI: 10.4054/demres.2018.38.29
Abstract: Background: Taylor’s law (TL) states a linear relationship on logarithmic scales between the variance and the mean of a nonnegative quantity. TL has been observed in spatiotemporal contexts for the population density of hundreds of… read more here.
Keywords: human mortality; siler; age; gompertz makeham ... See more keywords