Document (#35796)

Author

Rousseau, R.

Title

Informetric laws

Source

Encyclopedia of library and information sciences. 3rd ed. Ed.: M.J. Bates

Imprint

London : Taylor & Francis

Year

2009

Pages

S.xx-xx

Abstract

In this entry we formulate the so-called informetric laws, recall their origin, indicate how it can be shown that they are basically equivalent representations of the same regularity, hint at some explanations, such as success-breeds-success or preferential attachment, and describe why they are so ubiquitous.

Footnote

Vgl.: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/book/10.1081/E-ELIS3.

Theme

Informetrie

Object

Bradford-Gesetz
Lotka-Gesetz
Zipf-Gesetz
Mandelbrot-Gesetz
Leimkuhler-Gesetz

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