The Yule-Simon distribution is a discrete probability distribution. It is named after Udny Yule and Herbert A. Simon.
The Yule–Simon distribution was originally created by Yule as a limiting distribution model for a particular stochastic process, called the "Yule process" or the "preferential attachment process," in his study of the distribution of biological taxa and subtaxa.
The random variable X is said to have the Yule-Simon distribution if
P (X=k) = 4 where k = 1,2,...
k (k+1)(k+2)
