A general method for generating parametric Lorenz and Leimkuhler curves

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-539

  Sarabia, José María ^a   Gómez Déniz, Emilio ^b   Sarabia, María ^a   Prieto, Faustino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cumulative distribution function; Gini index; Probability generating function; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956484943     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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