An experimental analysis of the bandit problem

Economic Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-77

  Banks, Jeffrey ^a   Olson, Mark ^b   Porter, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031287072     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001990050146     Document Type: Article

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