A new explanation of the geometric law in the case of library circulation data

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-527

  Lafouge, Thierry ^a   Lainé Cruzel, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOMETRIC LAW; INFORMATION PRODUCT PROCESS (IPP); LIBRARY CIRCULATION DATA;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031190424     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(96)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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