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Volume 12, Issue 6
Learning from samples of one or fewer
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Learning from samples of one or fewer
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Online download statistics by month: November 2003 to March 2024
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Nov 2003
42
19
24
Dec 2003
90
66
68
Jan 2004
35
89
16
Feb 2004
11
30
15
Mar 2004
18
16
20
Apr 2004
10
5
12
May 2004
22
22
2
Jun 2004
41
50
7
Jul 2004
42
40
20
Aug 2004
46
62
5
Sep 2004
26
52
4
Oct 2004
18
36
9
Nov 2004
16
43
11
Dec 2004
8
57
21
Jan 2005
12
41
20
Feb 2005
14
52
23
Mar 2005
25
74
41
Apr 2005
6
49
19
May 2005
11
56
25
Jun 2005
5
41
25
Jul 2005
4
43
17
Aug 2005
11
99
33
Sep 2005
10
135
20
Oct 2005
21
119
36
Nov 2005
13
43
18
Dec 2005
15
15
18
Jan 2006
12
8
17
Feb 2006
18
59
25
Mar 2006
13
41
41
Apr 2006
16
22
17
May 2006
21
29
15
Jun 2006
13
22
15
Jul 2006
12
11
8
Aug 2006
7
13
13
Sep 2006
18
17
26
Oct 2006
18
13
20
Nov 2006
97
27
19
Dec 2006
76
57
19
Jan 2007
7
111
23
Feb 2007
10
125
32
Mar 2007
30
184
27
Apr 2007
115
7
12
May 2007
73
8
12
Jun 2007
67
7
18
Jul 2007
60
4
13
Aug 2007
74
6
8
Sep 2007
68
7
7
Oct 2007
72
9
14
Nov 2007
91
15
32
Dec 2007
58
10
11
Jan 2008
75
6
13
Feb 2008
79
11
30
Mar 2008
63
8
11
Apr 2008
52
10
18
May 2008
19
5
13
Jun 2008
15
3
11
Jul 2008
23
2
8
Aug 2008
29
2
9
Sep 2008
73
5
13
Oct 2008
77
9
19
Nov 2008
82
10
14
Dec 2008
97
10
15
Jan 2009
67
10
14
Feb 2009
117
12
21
Mar 2009
85
6
14
Apr 2009
96
14
23
May 2009
75
10
10
Jun 2009
66
7
14
Jul 2009
74
12
15
Aug 2009
76
10
17
Sep 2009
72
15
18
Oct 2009
88
24
18
Nov 2009
40
2
8
Dec 2009
14
8
6
Jan 2010
51
25
10
Feb 2010
50
15
12
Mar 2010
78
40
35
Apr 2010
46
18
10
May 2010
60
26
7
Jun 2010
52
22
17
Jul 2010
50
17
13
Aug 2010
32
18
6
Sep 2010
67
31
11
Oct 2010
63
25
22
Nov 2010
60
41
18
Dec 2010
42
22
8
Jan 2011
31
5
3
Feb 2011
15
13
7
Mar 2011
19
7
5
Apr 2011
14
0
3
May 2011
11
3
2
Jun 2011
18
1
4
Jul 2011
33
0
1
Aug 2011
43
0
1
Sep 2011
27
7
2
Oct 2011
52
5
4
Nov 2011
43
4
5
Dec 2011
63
17
23
Jan 2012
66
8
9
Feb 2012
43
7
2
Mar 2012
33
16
9
Apr 2012
66
34
7
May 2012
84
15
10
Jun 2012
72
13
15
Jul 2012
68
9
6
Aug 2012
46
18
15
Sep 2012
48
10
15
Oct 2012
76
14
12
Nov 2012
41
11
8
Dec 2012
77
33
9
Jan 2013
72
18
15
Feb 2013
126
24
9
Mar 2013
66
15
9
Apr 2013
114
22
14
May 2013
56
24
14
Jun 2013
36
10
1
Jul 2013
48
13
5
Aug 2013
42
10
7
Sep 2013
40
12
1
Oct 2013
58
9
10
Nov 2013
56
14
4
Dec 2013
49
15
2
Jan 2014
72
11
5
Feb 2014
29
16
4
Mar 2014
53
28
3
Apr 2014
48
30
5
May 2014
50
48
12
Jun 2014
17
15
5
Jul 2014
45
17
9
Aug 2014
47
15
3
Sep 2014
71
30
4
Oct 2014
54
27
9
Nov 2014
94
27
11
Dec 2014
42
19
3
Jan 2015
26
21
10
Feb 2015
44
27
12
Mar 2015
53
211
8
Apr 2015
66
31
7
May 2015
44
25
6
Jun 2015
50
18
3
Jul 2015
46
6
1
Aug 2015
21
19
8
Sep 2015
72
23
10
Oct 2015
31
8
6
Nov 2015
54
94
12
Dec 2015
29
29
16
Jan 2016
27
18
8
Feb 2016
39
12
2
Mar 2016
33
30
17
Apr 2016
34
20
31
May 2016
36
16
7
Jun 2016
20
9
5
Jul 2016
21
11
3
Aug 2016
28
19
7
Sep 2016
47
19
10
Oct 2016
36
27
10
Nov 2016
49
81
15
Dec 2016
41
22
11
Jan 2017
43
24
10
Feb 2017
15
24
16
Mar 2017
3
46
40
Apr 2017
1
57
28
May 2017
3
80
28
Jun 2017
14
51
10
Jul 2017
44
43
14
Aug 2017
132
132
24
Sep 2017
144
142
41
Oct 2017
87
76
21
Nov 2017
66
63
16
Dec 2017
61
59
23
Jan 2018
65
62
18
Feb 2018
102
98
17
Mar 2018
97
95
14
Apr 2018
222
218
8
May 2018
201
201
12
Jun 2018
140
137
36
Jul 2018
69
69
3
Aug 2018
167
167
11
Sep 2018
132
126
21
Oct 2018
189
179
29
Nov 2018
246
242
13
Dec 2018
366
362
10
Jan 2019
314
313
12
Feb 2019
344
345
15
Mar 2019
303
300
22
Apr 2019
292
291
16
May 2019
403
400
14
Jun 2019
427
423
13
Jul 2019
486
481
24
Aug 2019
463
462
17
Sep 2019
354
352
15
Oct 2019
510
509
18
Nov 2019
288
284
23
Dec 2019
343
341
22
Jan 2020
197
196
14
Feb 2020
151
147
11
Mar 2020
200
197
16
Apr 2020
108
106
15
May 2020
60
54
19
Jun 2020
23
21
11
Jul 2020
51
51
26
Aug 2020
34
27
21
Sep 2020
93
84
29
Oct 2020
48
46
20
Nov 2020
39
29
39
Dec 2020
21
20
15
Jan 2021
35
35
23
Feb 2021
35
34
26
Mar 2021
33
30
32
Apr 2021
49
36
40
May 2021
28
24
28
Jun 2021
23
22
17
Jul 2021
28
25
28
Aug 2021
6
6
17
Sep 2021
25
23
19
Oct 2021
29
26
32
Nov 2021
25
20
38
Dec 2021
26
25
18
Jan 2022
17
15
19
Feb 2022
16
14
8
Mar 2022
75
57
27
Apr 2022
28
24
25
May 2022
47
37
30
Jun 2022
55
41
18
Jul 2022
20
18
11
Aug 2022
36
32
28
Sep 2022
37
26
29
Oct 2022
55
44
45
Nov 2022
34
28
15
Dec 2022
27
22
25
Jan 2023
12
12
9
Feb 2023
53
43
7
Mar 2023
30
17
21
Apr 2023
23
16
13
May 2023
9
3
12
Jun 2023
11
9
7
Jul 2023
23
19
23
Aug 2023
19
16
8
Sep 2023
20
17
1
Oct 2023
106
102
8
Nov 2023
88
72
23
Dec 2023
116
5
3
Jan 2024
69
2
2
Feb 2024
60
0
0
Mar 2024
130
5
1
Total
16963
13426
3706
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