Empirical identification in the mixed logit model: Analysing the effect of data richness

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 109-124

  Cherchi, Elisabetta ^a   Ortúzar, Juan de Dios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Data richness; Empirical identification; Mixed Logit model; Repeated choice tasks

Indexed keywords

DATA RICHNESS; DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; IDENTIFICATION PROBLEM; INFORMATION RICHNESS; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; REPEATED CHOICE TASKS; SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAVEL TIME;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 44449179324     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-007-9045-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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