Figure 6
From: Medical practices display power law behaviors similar to spoken languages
Problem solution lengths do not follow the pattern predicted by intermittent silence or random text analyses. Panel A: Solution length appearance frequency versus solution length appearance rank during simulated practice of mechanical ventilation and pattern predicted by intermittent silence model using observed space frequency. Inset: behavior predicted using intermittent silence model and space frequency of 5.1 × 10-4 and that predicted from random text model; note difference in scale. Panel B: natural logarithm (frequency) versus natural logarithm (rank) for observed data and that for the intermittent silence model using observed space frequency. Inset: behavior predicted using intermittent silence model and space frequency of 5.1 × 10-4 and that predicted from random text model.