Map #43: Accumulative line graph or Lorenz curve

The lorenz curve above shows the population's income according to percent. The straight line is the estimated distribution if the data were more equal. The curved line is actual data.

http://www.answers.com/topic/lorenz-curve



http://www.liv.ac.uk/ssci/research/single_molecule_electronics.html

This displays a lorenz curve for a chemistry experiment. The dark line shows the actual distribution of data, where multiple molecules reacted in the experiment. The curved line shows a molecule that did not react, showing exponential decay with distance. I0 is the beginning of the experiment, Sw is the distance the molecule traveled due to the current, Iw represents the plateau of the current, and the slope at Sw is where the molecule lost contact with the current and therefore decreased movement.