.... To highlight the possibility of unifying seemingly distinct concepts within an equilibrium mathematical model, the author emphasizes the similarities among the conceptually adjacent constructs and mechanisms from equilibrium perspective. While the research field of HIB has flourished with the emergence...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Mathematical modelling Library management Since 1960, and especially during the past three years, many papers have appeared about particular manifestations and applications of a certain class of empirical laws to a field that may be labelled...

... in applications in indexing and retrieval languages, coding and communication theory (Shannon style). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Mathematical modelling Statistical distribution This article is one in a series celebrating the Journal of Documentation's 60th anniversary...