The duality of informetric systems with applications to the empirical laws
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Information Science
- Vol. 16 (1) , 17-27
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159001600105
Abstract
Informetric systems are formalized in order to make them suitable for mathematical dual analysis: the duality of sources vs. items (sources being the objects that produce while the items are the objects that are produced). The special place of empirical laws, such as those of Bradford, Leimkuhler. Mandelbrot and Lotka, in this framework is indicated. The paper closes with a section on some of the fundamental problems in informetric systems: higher dimensions, time de pendence and fractal aspects.Keywords
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