Comparison of Complexity of Notational Systems of UDC and CC - A Quantitative Approach

Abstract

An unique method of assessing the complexity of the notational systems of UDC and CC is discussed. The complexity is quantified by defining an Unit of Complexity as a function of mixed Base of the notational system. The correlation of length and complexity of a sample of class numbers with increasing co-extensiveness are examined. The co-efficient of correlation at micro-document and macro-document levels are evaluated for UDC and CC and are compared. The data is fitted for a linear regression line by least-square method, which gives a prediction of the complexity with the length of the class number.