Modelling tourist destination choice using a decision table induction algorithm

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1669-1687

  van Middelkoop, Manon ^a   Borgers, Aloys W J ^a   Timmermans, H J P ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; MODELING; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0142187226     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a35182     Document Type: Article

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