Fashion, novelty and optimality: An application from Physics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 351, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 605-619

  Galam, Serge ^a,c   Vignes, Annick ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Fashion dynamic; Investment threshold; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FABRICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PHYSICS;

FASHION DYNAMICS; FASHION PHENOMENON; INVESTMENT THRESHOLD; RENORMALIZATION GROUPS;

GARMENT MANUFACTURE;

CLOTHING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PHYSICS;

EID: 16344374911     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.12.023     Document Type: Article

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