Forecasting tourists' characteristics by a genetic algorithm with a transition matrix

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 290-297

  Hernández López, Montserrat ^a   Cáceres Hernández, José Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forecasts; Genetic algorithms; Tourists characteristics; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHM; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 33748681696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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