An application of latent class random coefficient regression

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-260

  Erichsen, Lars ^a   Brockhoff, P Bruun ^b  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Consumer preferences; EM algorithm; Finite mixture distributions; Latent class regression; Maximum likelihood estimation; Preference mapping; Principal component regression; Random coefficient regression; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449087156     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1173912604000161     Document Type: Article

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