Solvable null model for the distribution of word frequencies

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 4-

  Fontanari, J F ^a   Perlovsky, L I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DNA; FEEDBACK; FORMAL LANGUAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HYPOTHESIS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; WORD FREQUENCIES;

FREQUENCIES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; LINGUISTICS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NOMENCLATURE; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TERMINOLOGY; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 41349099419     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.042901     Document Type: Article

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