Keeping your options open

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-68

  Forand, Jean Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Maintenance costs; Multi armed bandits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925061345     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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