A consumer purchasing model with erlang inter-purchase times

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 344, 1973, Pages 828-835

  Chatfield, C ^a   Goodhardt, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b ASK Acoustics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4344604649     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1973.10481432     Document Type: Article

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