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Age-Specific Citation Rates and the Egghe-Rao Function.
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Burrell, Quentin L. – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Extends connections between retrospective citation age studies and reliability theory by considering the failure rate function from reliability, re-interpreted as the age-specific citation rate (ASCR). This is linked to earlier studies of retrospective citation distributions by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao who introduced a function claimed to…
Descriptors: Age, Citations (References), Data Analysis, Failure
Pausal Behavior of End-Users in Online Searching.
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Huang, Mu-hsuan – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Uses an information processing approach to analyze the pausal behavior of end-users and identifies reasons for pausing, location of pauses, hesitation rate and pausal behavior changes over time. Confirms that searchers pause less frequently and for shorter periods as they progressed through searches over time. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Data Analysis, Information Processing, Information Retrieval