Introduction to informetrics quantitative methods in library, documentation, and information science

The book deals with the following topics: informetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics, descriptive statistics, probability, inferential statistics, sampling, multivariate statistics, operations research, linear programming, integer programming, shortest path algorithm, queueing theory, queuing theor...

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Main Author: Egghe, L. (Leo)
Other Authors: Rousseau, R
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Science Publishers 1990
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Summary:The book deals with the following topics: informetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics, descriptive statistics, probability, inferential statistics, sampling, multivariate statistics, operations research, linear programming, integer programming, shortest path algorithm, queueing theory, queuing theory, book circulation, fuzzy set, citation analysis, citation network, citation matrix, bibliographic coupling, co-citation analysis, JCR, Journal Citation Reports, obsolescence, aging, ageing, half-life, synchronous, diachronous, science policy, information production process, IPP, informetric law, success-breeds-success, law of Mandelbrot, law of Zipf, law of Lotka, law of Bradford, law of Leimkuhler, fractal, duality, concentration theory, 80/20 rule, law of Price, concentration measure, law of Pareto, growth, power law, and exponential function.
Physical Description:xi, 450 p. ill. 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-420) and index.
ISBN:0444884939