Back to our beginnings: Information utilization, Bertram Brookes and the fundamental equation of information science

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 851-870

  Todd, Ross J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION THEORY;

BERTRAM BROOKE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0033225390     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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