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Janvresse, É and de la Rue, T (2009)

Benford’s law. (Catalan. Catalan summary)

Butl. Soc. Catalana Mat., 24(1):5{12, 2009. Translated by Frederic Utzet.

ISSN/ISBN: Not available at this time. DOI: 10.2436/20.2002.01.18

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Abstract: La llei de Benford reflecteix una irregularitat inesperada en la distribució dels dígits de dades aleatòries. En aquest article es descriu el fenomen i se’n discuteixen possibles explicacions. The Benford law reflects an unexpected irregularity in the distribution of digits of random data. In this paper the law is described and some explanations are discussed.


Bibtex:
@article {MR2567485, AUTHOR = {Janvresse, Elise and de la Rue, Thierry}, TITLE = {Benford's law}, NOTE = {Translated by Frederic Utzet}, JOURNAL = {Butl. Soc. Catalana Mat.}, FJOURNAL = {Butllet\'\i\ de la Societat Catalana de Matem\`atiques}, VOLUME = {24}, YEAR = {2009}, NUMBER = {1}, PAGES = {5--12}, ISSN = {0214-316X}, MRCLASS = {62-01}, MRNUMBER = {2567485}, DOI = {10.2436/20.2002.01.18}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2436/20.2002.01.18}, }


Reference Type: Journal Article

Subject Area(s): Probability Theory