Vote clustering in tournaments: What can Oscar tell us?

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-434

  Collins, Alan ^a   Hand, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845996600     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1804_2     Document Type: Article

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