Pareto 80/20 law: Derivation via random partitioning

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Lipovetsky, Stan ^a  

^a GfK Custom Research North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean; Pareto 80 20 rule; Random partitioning; SD

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449103546     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207390802213609     Document Type: Article

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