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Wheeler, Eric, S.

Zipf's law and why it works everywhere

Zipf's law is a consequence of independently categorizing items, and rank ordering the categories. Therefore, it can be applied to almost anything. Testing methods on random input helps us see what is the artifact of the method rather than the property of the subject matter.

Glottometrics, RAM-Verlag

Volume: 4, 09/2002
Pages: 45-48

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