Genetic Algorithms for product design: How well do they really work?

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Steiner, Winfried ^a   Hruschka, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0038115607     PISSN: 14707853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147078530304500202     Document Type: Article

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