Walter Mebane and his team at Cornell University have devised a new method of doing so, which they described to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• 康奈尔大学的沃尔特-梅本（WalterMebane康奈尔大学政治科学教授）和他的研究组向美国科学促进会（AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience）呈示了一套新设计，其原理与数学奇趣的奔福德定律(Benford'sLaw)相似。