Functional data analysis in electronic commerce research

Statistical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Jank, Wolfgang ^a   Shmueli, Galit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Online auctions; Process dynamics; Special data structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748574883     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342306000000132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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