Fast Polyhedral Adaptive Conjoint Estimation

Marketing Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-303

  Toubia, Olivier ^a   Simester, Duncan I ^a   Hauser, John R ^a   Dahan, Ely ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Estimation and Other Statistical Techniques; Internet Marketing; Measurement; New Product Research

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EID: 0142138795     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.22.3.273.17743     Document Type: Article

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