A relationship between Lotka's Law, Bradford's Law, and Zipf's Law

Ye‐Sho Chen and Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1986, vol. 37, issue 5, 307-314

Abstract: 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. © 1986 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1986
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