Clustering of objects and attributes for manufacturing and marketing applications

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 640-651

  Vakharia, Asoo J ^a   Mahajan, Jayashree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; SET THEORY;

CLUSTERING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033747469     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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