Probability distributions in library and information science: A historical and practitioner viewpoint

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 816-833

  Bensman, Stephen J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; LIBRARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; URQUHART'S LAW;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0033703866     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(2000)51:9<816::AID-ASI50>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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