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the Pareto principle or the “80-20 rule” corresponds to a Pareto probability distribution with shape log(5)/log(4) = 1.161.
See also: The 1 Percent Rule
Pareto originally used this distribution to describe the allocation of wealth among individuals since it seemed to show rather well the way that a larger portion of the wealth of any society is owned by a smaller percentage of the people in that society. ie 20% of the population controls 80% of the wealth.
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Distribution Function
Math from http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/books/ftp/ch5f_slides.pdf - Page 32
function pareto(alpha){
return function(){
return 1 / Math.pow(Math.random(), 1 / alpha);
};
}