ZipfLawAnalyzer (Episteme API Documentation)

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.linguistics.ZipfLawAnalyzer

public final class ZipfLawAnalyzer extends Object

Validates Zipf's Law in a text corpus.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static Map<Integer,Integer>

analyzeFrequencies(String text)

Analyzes word frequency distribution.

static Real

calculateZipfConstant(int rank, int frequency)

Checks the Zipf constant (k = rank * frequency).

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details
- analyzeFrequencies
  
  public static Map<Integer,Integer> analyzeFrequencies(String text)
  
  Analyzes word frequency distribution. Returns a map of Rank -> Frequency.
- calculateZipfConstant
  
  public static Real calculateZipfConstant(int rank, int frequency)
  
  Checks the Zipf constant (k = rank * frequency). Ideally, this should be constant across the corpus.