R Observatory: Metrics for LotkasLaw version 0.0.1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2024-04-20. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 0.0.1.0, its last release before removal.

LotkasLaw

0.0.1.0

Runs Lotka's Law which is One of the Special Applications of Zipf's Law

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Kenneth Buker1 releasesCRAN page ↗

Running Lotka's Law following Pao (1985)(DOI: 10.1016/0306-4573(85)90055-X). The Law is based around the proof that the number of authors making n contributions is about 1/n^{a} of those making one contribution.

Install

R (source archive)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/LotkasLaw/LotkasLaw_0.0.1.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "LotkasLaw_0.0.1.0.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (0.0.1.0) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-lotkaslaw

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-LotkasLaw

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

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Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

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Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 18%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

0 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.1.1

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Kenneth Buker

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Kenneth Buker

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (1)

Dr. Alon Friedman

Contributor

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2024-04-20
issues were not corrected despite reminders
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
R
R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
R
R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
R
R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
R
R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
R
R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
0.0.1.0
2015-08-17
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16

Package metadata

Total releases: 1
License: GPL
Minimum R: ≥ 3.1.1
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("LotkasLaw")

Format

Buker, K., & Friedman, D. A. (n.d.). LotkasLaw: Runs Lotka's Law which is One of the Special Applications of Zipf's Law (Version 0.0.1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=LotkasLaw

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for LotkasLaw version 0.0.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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