Application of an adaptive Monte Carlo algorithm to mixed logit estimation

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 577-593

  Bastin, Fabian ^a   Cirillo, Cinzia ^a   Toint, Philippe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive Monte Carlo samplings; Discrete choice; Mixed logit model; Trust region methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

ADAPTIVE MONTE CARLO ALGORITHM; BELGIAN TRANSPORTATION MODEL; DISCRETE CHOICE; MIXED LOGIT MODEL; TRUST-REGION METHODS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645944677     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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