Power laws for monkeys typing randomly: the case of unequal probabilities

An early result in the history of power laws, due to Miller, concerned the following experiment. A monkey types randomly on a keyboard with N letters (N>1) and a space bar, where a space separates words. A space is hit with probability p; all other letters are hit with equal probability (1-p)/N....

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on information theory Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 1403 - 1414
Main Authors:	Conrad, B., Mitzenmacher, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York IEEE 01.07.2004 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:	Analysis Asymptotic properties Coefficients Computer aided software engineering Confusion Frequency History Information Information analysis Information theory Internet Keyboards Keys Mathematics Monkeys Monkeys & apes Natural languages Number theory Power law Psychology Typing
ISSN:	0018-9448, 1557-9654
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