How Can We Tell When a Heuristic Has Been Used? Design and Analysis Strategies for Capturing the Operation of Heuristics

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-137

  Bellur, Saraswathi ^a   Sundar, S Shyam ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84901419957     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2014.903390     Document Type: Review

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