Analysis of Zipf's Law: An Index Approach.

Chen, Ye-Sho; Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Analysis of Zipf's Law: An Index Approach.

Chen, Ye-Sho; Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F.

Information Processing and Management, v23 n3 p171-82 1987

This analysis of Zipf's law uses an index for the sequence of observed values of the variables in a Zipf-type relationship. Three important properties relating rank, count, and frequency are identified, shapes of Zipf-type curves are described, and parameters of the Mandelbrot-Zipf law are discussed. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Indexing, Mathematical Models, Predictor Variables, Statistical Distributions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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