Accounting for heterogeneity in the variance of unobserved effects in mixed logit models

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-92

  Greene, William H ^a   Hensher, David A ^b   Rose, John ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Mixed logit; Stated choice methods; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HETEROGENEITY; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; STATED CHOICE METHODS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

COMMUTING; METHODOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL TIME; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 24344443637     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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