Empirical Laws and Theories of Information and Software Sciences.

Zunde, Pranas

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Publication Date: 1984

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Empirical Laws and Theories of Information and Software Sciences.

Zunde, Pranas

Information Processing and Management, v20 n1-2 p5-18 1984

Reviews what information and software sciences have thus far accomplished in search for empirical regularities and laws and examines what theories have been developed to explain and account for regularities and laws. Specific laws and theories of information highlighted are those of Zipf, Bradford, Lotka, Mandelbrot, and Simon. (Forty references) (EJS)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Software, Equations (Mathematics), Information Science, Theories

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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