A dynamic kernel logit model for the analysis of longitudinal discrete choice data: Properties and computational assessment

Transportation Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-181

  Srinivasan, Karthik K ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic choice modeling; Econometrics; Mixed logit; Panel data; Real time information; Route choice; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

DYNAMIC CHOICE MODELING; DYNAMIC KERNEL LOGIT; MIXED LOGIT; ROUTE CHOICE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 19944415301     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1040.0093     Document Type: Article

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