Back when I first started charting the spread of coronavirus I decided not to use a logarithmic scale. I figured that log scales were fine for communicating with other professionals, but most laymen ...

Flow curves of polymer melts (the graph of viscosity versus shear rate in the log-log scale) have two distinct behaviors governed by Newtonian and Power law. The Newtonian behavior dominates at very ...

Well test analyses that include the first and second derivative of pressure plotted on a semilog scale can help detect radial flow. Plots of pressure data from short transient tests often fail to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. In “When Should I Use Logarithmic Scales in My Charts and Graphs”, I showed ...

At many physiological and anatomical levels in the brain, the distribution of numerous parameters is strongly skewed with a heavy tail and typically follows a lognormal distribution. The power and ...

Log management tools can help software development teams monitor and gain insights into the health of their applications and systems and troubleshoot security and performance issues before they ...