Continuous, weighted Lorenz theory and applications to the study of fractional relative impact factors

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1330-1359

  Egghe, L ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous weighted Lorenz curve; Fractional impact factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AGE CURVE; CITATION SCORE; CONTINOUS WEIGHTED LORENZ CURVE; FRACTIONAL IMPACT FACTOR;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 22944479613     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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