Strategic group identification using evolutionary computation

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4948-4954

  Martinez Torres M R ^a   Toral Marin S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolutionary computation; Franchising; Genetic Algorithms; Performance; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC GROUPS;

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77950297415     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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