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Morse's Markov model of book use revisited

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  • Jamshid Beheshti
  • Jean M. Tague

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Over a decade ago, P. M. Morse suggested a simple Markov model of book use for a science library. Since then, his model has been modified and used in a number of applications, but the reliability of the basic assumptions underlying the model's parameters has not been tested. Utilizing 11 years of circulation transactions of a university library, it is shown that (1) Morse's model fits approximately 99% of the data for the whole collection and for three subject areas, and (2) contrary to his assumptions, one of the model's two parameters, a, is time dependent.

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  • Jamshid Beheshti & Jean M. Tague, 1984. "Morse's Markov model of book use revisited," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 35(5), pages 259-267, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:35:y:1984:i:5:p:259-267
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630350502
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