How the taxonomy of products drives the economic development of countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Zaccaria, Andrea ^a   Cristelli, Matthieu ^a   Tacchella, Andrea ^a,b   Pietronero, Luciano ^a,b,c  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LIMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84915745939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113770     Document Type: Article

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