Setting cost in optimal matching to uncover contemporaneous socio-temporal patterns

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-419

  Lesnard, Laurent ^a  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Costs; Entropy; Optimal matching; Work schedule

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951480199     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124110362526     Document Type: Article

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