Good-Turing Frequency Estimation Without Tears

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 217-237

  Gale, William A ^a   Sampson, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84953486351     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296179508590051     Document Type: Article

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