Estimation of attribute weights in a multiattribute choice situation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 37-55

  Harte, Johanna M ^a   Koele, Pieter ^a   Van Engelenburg, Gijsbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Decision making; Mathematical modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011249902     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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