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  1. Faculty of Economics, Universitd di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Valerio Lacagnina & Davide Provenzano

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  1. Depto. Turismo, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 188-198, Lisboa, 1349-001, Portugal

    Álvaro Matias

  2. Dept. Spatial Economics, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

  3. Depto. Turismo, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 188-198, Lisboa, 1349-001, Portugal

    Manuela Sarmento

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Lacagnina, V., Provenzano, D. (2009). An Optimized System Dynamics Approach for a Hotel Chain Management. In: Matias, Á., Nijkamp, P., Sarmento, M. (eds) Advances in Tourism Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2124-6_3

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