Model specification searches in structural equation modeling using tabu search

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-376

  Marcoulides, George A ^a   Drezner, Zvi ^a   Schumacker, Randall E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 33644673446     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705519809540112     Document Type: Article

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