Inferring app demand from publicly available data

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1253-1264

  Garg, Rajiv ^a   Telang, Rahul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Android; App downloads; App store; Apple iTunes; In app purchase; Mobile apps; Pareto distribution; Sales rank calibration

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; SALES;

ANDROID; APP STORES; APPLE ITUNES; MOBILE APPS; PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; SALES RANKS;

ANDROID (OPERATING SYSTEM);

EID: 84887448186     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.4.12     Document Type: Article

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