Burrell QL ""Type/Token-Taken" informetrics: Some comments and further examples - JASIST 54(13):1260-1263 November 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

QUENTIN BURRELL:  quentinburrell at manx.net


Title:     "Type/Token-Taken" informetrics: Some comments and further
           examples

Author(s): Burrell QL

Source:     JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY 54 (13): 1260-1263 NOV 2003

Cited References: 14

Abstract:
Egghe has propounded the notion of Type/Token-Taken (T/TT) informetrics. In
this note we show how his ideas relate to ones that are already well known
in informetrics and resolve some of the specific problems posed.

Addresses: Burrell QL (reprint author), Isle Of Man Int Business Sch,
Nunnery,Old Castletown Rd, Douglas, Man IM2 1QB England
Isle Of Man Int Business Sch, Douglas, Man IM2 1QB England

Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA
Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE
& LIBRARY SCIENCE

IDS Number: 730VQ
ISSN: 1532-2882

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