The predictability of consumer visitation patterns

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Krumme, Coco ^a   Llorente, Alejandro ^c   Cebrian, Manuel ^b,e   Pentland, Alex ^a   Moro, Esteban ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONSUMER; HUMAN; MODEL; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SHOPPING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HABIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HABITS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84885592465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01645     Document Type: Article

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