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De optimale regelbreedte in de telefoongids

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  • W. Balk
  • C. Kool

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Optimal length of lines in a telephone directory. There are two sources of loss of space in printing a telephone directory. First, if a reference uses several lines, then space is lost in the “number column”. This loss increases with decreasing length of lines. On the other hand, space is lost when a reference does not cover an integer number of lines. This loss increases with increasing length of lines. By adjusting an exponential distribution to a sample taken from the Amsterdam telephone directory, a length of lines is found which minimizes the sum of both losses.

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  • W. Balk & C. Kool, 1963. "De optimale regelbreedte in de telefoongids," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 17(3), pages 235-242, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stanee:v:17:y:1963:i:3:p:235-242
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1963.tb01043.x
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