Spatial and contextual factors in human performance on the travelling salesperson problem

Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1417-1427

  MacGregor, James N ^a   Ormerod, Thomas C ^b   Chronicle, Edward P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALGORITHMS; COGNITION; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033253355     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2863     Document Type: Article

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