Experimental study of inequality and unpredictability in an artificial cultural market

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5762, 2006, Pages 854-856

  Salganik, Matthew J ^a   Dodds, Peter Sheridan ^a   Watts, Duncan J ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL CULTURAL MARKETS;

MARKETING;

BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARKET; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CULTURE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MUSIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 32444446121     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121066     Document Type: Article

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