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THE MARKOV AND THE MIXED‐POISSON MODELS OF LIBRARY CIRCULATION COMPARED

JEAN TAGUE (School of Library and Information Science University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6G 1H1, Canada)
ISOLA AJIFERUKE (School of Library and Information Science University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6G 1H1, Canada)

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Article publication date: 1 March 1987

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Abstract

Two dynamic models of library circulation, the Markov model originally proposed by Morse and the mixed Poisson model proposed by Burrell and Cane, are applied to a large eleven‐year university circulation data set. Goodness of fit tests indicate that neither model fits the data. In both cases, the set of non‐circulating items is larger than that predicted by the model.

Citation

TAGUE, J. and AJIFERUKE, I. (1987), "THE MARKOV AND THE MIXED‐POISSON MODELS OF LIBRARY CIRCULATION COMPARED", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 43 No. 3, pp. 212-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026809

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MCB UP Ltd

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