The economics of attention: Maximizing user value in information-rich environments

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-496

  Huberman, Bernardo A ^a   Wu, Fang ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual speed restless bandit problem; Economics of attention; Search engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 52149113072     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525908001830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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