Internet search result probabilities: Heaps' law and word associativity

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-66

  Lansey, Jonathan C ^a,b   Bukiet, Bruce ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65849518568     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296170802514153     Document Type: Article

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