Inferring latent class lexicographic rules from choice data

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Jedidi, Kamel ^a   Kohli, Rajeev ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithms; Choice models; Clustering; Lexicography; Linear models; Non compensatory models; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149086403     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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