Optimal search on spatial paths with recall: Theoretical foundations

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-327

  Harwitz, Mitchell ^a   Lentnek, Barry ^a   Rogerson, Peter ^a   Smith, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; PRICE DETERMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032436699     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1998.tb00719.x     Document Type: Article

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