Evaluation of optimization methods for estimating mixed logit models

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1921, 2005, Pages 35-43

  Bastin, Fabian ^a   Cirillo, Cinzia ^a   Hess, Stephane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BROYDEN-FLETCHER-GOLDFARB-SHANNO (BFGS) OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; MIXED LOGIT MODELING; QUASI-MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33645327689     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1921-05     Document Type: Review

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