Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: powerlaw
Version: 1.3.4
Summary: Toolbox for testing if a probability distribution fits a power law
Home-page: http://www.github.com/jeffalstott/powerlaw
Author: Jeff Alstott
Author-email: jeffalstott@gmail.com
License: MIT
Description: 
        powerlaw: A Python Package for Analysis of Heavy-Tailed Distributions
        =======
        
        `powerlaw` is a toolbox using the statistical methods developed in
        `Clauset et al. 2007`__ and `Klaus et al. 2011`__ to determine if a
        probability distribution fits a power law. Academics, please cite as:
        
        Jeff Alstott, Ed Bullmore, Dietmar Plenz. (2014). powerlaw: a Python package
        for analysis of heavy-tailed distributions. `PLoS ONE 9(1): e85777`__
        
        Also available at `arXiv:1305.0215 [physics.data-an]`__
        
        __ http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1062 
        __ http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0019779
        __ http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085777
        __ http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0215
        
        Basic Usage
        -----------------
        For the simplest, typical use cases, this tells you everything you need to
        know.::
        
            import powerlaw
            data = array([1.7, 3.2 ...]) # data can be list or numpy array
            results = powerlaw.Fit(data)
            print results.power_law.alpha
            print results.power_law.xmin
            R, p = results.distribution_compare('power_law', 'lognormal')
        
        For more explanation, understanding, and figures, see the working paper,
        which illustrates all of powerlaw's features. For details of the math, 
        see Clauset et al. 2007, which developed these methods.
        
        Quick Links
        -----------------
        `Installation`__
        
        `Paper illustrating all of powerlaw's features, with figures`__
        
        `Code examples from manuscript, as an IPython Notebook`__
        
        `Documentation`__
        
        `Known Issues`__
        
        `Update Notifications, Mailing List, and Contacts`__
        
        This code was developed and tested for Python 2.x with the 
        `Enthought Python Distribution`__,  and later amended to be
        compatible with 3.x. The full version of Enthought is 
        `available for free for academic use`__.
        
        __ http://code.google.com/p/powerlaw/wiki/Installation
        __ http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0215 
        __ http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/jeffalstott/powerlaw/blob/master/manuscript/Manuscript_Code.ipynb
        __ http://pythonhosted.org/powerlaw/
        __ https://code.google.com/p/powerlaw/wiki/KnownIssues
        __ http://code.google.com/p/powerlaw/wiki/Interact
        __ http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php
        __ http://www.enthought.com/products/edudownload.php 
        
        Further Development
        -----------------
        `powerlaw` is open for further development. If there's a feature you'd like to see in `powerlaw`, `submit an issue <https://github.com/jeffalstott/powerlaw/issues>`_. 
        Pull requests and offers for expansion or inclusion in other projects are welcomed and encouraged. The original author of `powerlaw`, Jeff Alstott, is now only writing minor tweaks, so contributions are very helpful.
        
        Acknowledgements
        -----------------
        Many thanks to Andreas Klaus, Mika Rubinov and Shan Yu for helpful
        discussions. Thanks also to `Andreas Klaus <http://neuroscience.nih.gov/Fellows/Fellow.asp?People_ID=2709>`_,
        `Aaron Clauset, Cosma Shalizi <http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~aaronc/powerlaws/>`_,
        and `Adam Ginsburg <http://code.google.com/p/agpy/wiki/PowerLaw>`_ for making 
        their code available. Their implementations were a critical starting point for
        making powerlaw.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Requires: scipy
Requires: numpy
Requires: matplotlib
Requires: mpmath
