Dynamics of text generation with realistic Zipf's distribution

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-40

  Zanette, Damian ^a   Montemurro, Marcelo ^b  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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EID: 33747456470     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296170500055293     Document Type: Article

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