Fractional Counts for Authorship Attribution: A Numerical Study.

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Title: Fractional Counts for Authorship Attribution: A Numerical Study.
Language: English
Authors: Burrell, Quentin, Rousseau, Ronald
Source: Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Mar 1995 46(2):97-102.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 1995
Document Type: Opinion Papers
Reports - Research
Numerical/Quantitative Data
Journal Articles
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Mathematical Formulas, Probability, Scholarly Journals, Statistical Distributions
ISSN: 0002-8231
Abstract: Discussion of authorship distributions focuses on the results of a numerical study for fractional authorship attribution. Highlights include coauthors; multinomial coefficients; Lotka functions; probability distributions of articles per author; and probability distributions of authors per article. (LRW)
Entry Date: 1995
Accession Number: EJ499773
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Discussion of authorship distributions focuses on the results of a numerical study for fractional authorship attribution. Highlights include coauthors; multinomial coefficients; Lotka functions; probability distributions of articles per author; and probability distributions of authors per article. (LRW)
ISSN:0002-8231