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    • Zipf's Law : Balancing signal usage cost and communication efficiency 

      Salge, Christoph; Ay, Nihat; Polani, Daniel; Prokopenko, Mikhail (2015-10-01)
      We propose a model that explains the reliable emergence of power laws (e.g., Zipf's law) during the development of different human languages. The model incorporates the principle of least effort in communications, minimizing ...