A Relationship between Lotka's Law, Bradford's Law, and Zipf's Law.

Chen, Ye-Sho; Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F.

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ERIC Number: EJ342797

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Publication Date: 1986

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A Relationship between Lotka's Law, Bradford's Law, and Zipf's Law.

Chen, Ye-Sho; Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v37 n5 p307-14 Sep 1986

A common functional relationship among Lotka's law, Bradford's law, and Zipf's law is derived. The proof takes explicit account of the sequences of observed values of the variables by means of an index. This approach results in a more realistic and precise formulation of each law. (Author/EM)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Information Theory, Mathematical Models, Word Frequency

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Language: English

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