An economist's perspective on probability matching

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-118

  Vulkan, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optimisation; Probability matching; Stochastic learning

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0034014181     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00106     Document Type: Article

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