Genetic algorithms for product design

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1105-1117

  Balakrishnan, P V ^a   Jacob, Varghese S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Buyers' Welfare; Conjoint Analysis; Heuristics; Marketing; Product Policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEURISTIC METHODS; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONJOINT ANALYSIS; FIRMS; PRODUCT POLICY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0030215192     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.8.1105     Document Type: Article

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