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Main Author: Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1980
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ244331
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  • An Exact Formulation of Bradford's Law. Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. Bibliographies Citations (References) Evaluation Library Collections Measurement Techniques Models Periodicals Relevance (Information Retrieval) Statistical Distributions Demonstrates, with an example, a relatively simple method for fitting Bradford's law to empirical data to estimate the number of journals and articles in a subject collection. An exact discrete formulation illustrates Bradford's law as a special case of the Zipf-Mandlebrot "rank frequency" law. (Author/RAA)