AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE PLATO COMPUTERIZED DOUBLE-AUCTION MARKET MECHANISM
| dc.contributor.author | Williams, Arlington Walton | |
| dc.creator | Williams, Arlington Walton | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-15T09:53:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-15T09:53:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1978 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/298451 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marketing -- Decision making. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marketing -- Automation. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marketing -- Data processing. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marketing -- Simulation methods. | en_US |
| dc.title | AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE PLATO COMPUTERIZED DOUBLE-AUCTION MARKET MECHANISM | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 4945183 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en_US |
| dc.identifier.proquest | 7908366 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Economics | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.bibrecord | .b2394402x | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-04-26T13:49:48Z |
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