Table-games revenue management: Applying survival analysis

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-87

  Peister, D Clayton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Revenue management; Survival analysis; Table games

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846483578     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: 15523853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010880406298252     Document Type: Article

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