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Peer reviewedTague, Jean; And Others – Library Trends, 1981
Discusses the notion that knowledge grows exponentially and describes its growth mathematically by an exponential function. Growth patterns in subfields of knowledge or research areas are described citing related research. Interpretation of growth rate statistics and forecasts are included. Thirty-three references and statistics used for graphs…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Algorithms, Functions (Mathematics), Graphs
