Semiparametric thurstonian models for recurrent choices: A bayesian analysis

Psychometrika

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 631-657

  Ansari, Asim ^a   Iyengar, Raghuram ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice models; Dirichlet process priors; Semiparametric models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247127483     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-006-1233-5     Document Type: Article

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