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June  2016, 21(4): 1149-1166. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2016.21.1149

The 20-60-20 rule

Piotr Jaworski 1, and  Marcin Pitera 2,

1. 

Institute of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
2. 

Institute of Mathematics, Jagiellonian University, S. Łojasiewicza 6, 30-348 Kraków, Poland

Received  June 2015 Published  March 2016

In this paper we discuss an empirical phenomena known as the 20-60-20 rule. It says that if we split the population into three groups, according to some arbitrary benchmark criterion, then this particular ratio often implies some sort of balance. From practical point of view, this feature leads to efficient management or control. We provide a mathematical illustration, justifying the occurrence of this rule in many real world situations. We show that for any population, which could be described using multivariate normal vector, this fixed ratio leads to a global equilibrium state, when dispersion and linear dependance measurement is considered.
Keywords: 60/20/20 principle, truncated normal distribution, conditional elliptic distribution., the principle of factor sparsity, 20-60-20 rule, law of the vital few, Pareto principle, 20:60:20.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60K30, 91B10, 62A86; Secondary: 91B14, 91B5.
Citation: Piotr Jaworski, Marcin Pitera. The 20-60-20 rule. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2016, 21 (4) : 1149-1166. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2016.21.1149
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