Study of the rank- and size-frequency functions in the case of power law growth of sources and items and proof of Heaps' law

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-107

  Egghe, L ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heaps' law; Power law growth; Rank frequency function; Size frequency function

Indexed keywords

EXPLICIT FORMULA; HEAPS' LAW; POWER-LAW; POWER-LAW GROWTH; S-SHAPED;

DATA PROCESSING; MEDIA STREAMING;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

EID: 84870298242     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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