A learning curve model with knowledge depreciation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-154

  Li, George ^a   Rajagopalan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge depreciation; Learning; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY;

KNOWLEDGE DEPRECIATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032000728     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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