Eponymy and Obliteration by Incorporation: The case of the "nash Equilibrium"

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1412-1424

  McCain, Katherine W ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RATES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; TIME-PERIODS; WEB OF SCIENCE;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION SERVICES; USER INTERFACES;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 79959379467     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21536     Document Type: Article

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