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Re: Zipf's Law

From: -CELKO- <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net>
Date: 17 Feb 2007 12:27:37 -0800
Message-ID: <1171744057.326454.115330@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> 





>> What is the relevance of Zipf's law to software ? <<




It occurs in programming languages and in data.  Also known as Yule's
distribution.  When I am looking at a DB, I look for a Gaussian, a
Zipf, or a Poisson distribution -- it tells you somethign about what
is causing the data.  Then there are some other laws about the
distribution of digits.
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