The use of Zipf's law in the screening of analytical data: A step beyond Benford

Analyst

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 344-349

  Brown, Richard J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BENFORD LAW; DATA ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZIPF LAW;

EID: 33947677214     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b618255k     Document Type: Article

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