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Zipf’s Law: Balancing Signal Usage Cost and Communication Efficiency
We propose a model that explains the reliable emergence of power laws (e.g., Zipf’s law) during the development of different human languages. The model incorporates the principle of least effort in communications, minimizing a combination of the information-theoretic communication inefficiency and d...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26427059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139475 |