Dynamic behavior of Bradford's law

This paper examines two problems associated with Bradford's law: (1) Since empirical data deviate from the law in many applications, what are the significant factors influencing the Bradford graphs? (2) What will be the evolution over time of the Bradford graphs? A computational analysis of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Society for Information Science 1995-06, Vol.46 (5), p.370-383
Hauptverfasser:	Chen, Ye-Sho, Chong, P. Pete, Tong, Morgan Y.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bibliographic literature Bibliometrics Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation Bradford's Law of Scatter Computerized models Empirical analysis Exact sciences and technology Graphs Information and communication sciences Information science. Documentation Law Library and information science. General aspects Lotka's Law Middle class Sciences and techniques of general use Zipf's Law
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper examines two problems associated with Bradford's law: (1) Since empirical data deviate from the law in many applications, what are the significant factors influencing the Bradford graphs? (2) What will be the evolution over time of the Bradford graphs? A computational analysis of the two problems is made based on Herbert Simon's model. Several significant findings about the dynamic behavior of Bradford's law are identified. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN:	0002-8231 1097-4571
DOI:	10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199506)46:5<370::AID-ASI7>3.0.CO;2-J