An experimental and theoretical model of children's search behavior in relation to target conspicuity and spatial distribution

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5163-5172

  Rosetti, Marcos Francisco ^a   Pacheco Cobos, Luis ^b   Larralde, Hernán ^b   Hudson, Robyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Object conspicuity; Search behavior; Spatial distribution; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CHILDREN; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; OBJECT CONSPICUITY; SEARCH BEHAVIOR; SEARCH PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODELING; TARGET COLLECTION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956953160     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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