Modeling the choices of individual decision-makers by combining efficient choice experiment designs with extra preference information

Journal of Choice Modelling

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-164

  Louviere, Jordan J ^a   Street, Deborah ^a   Burgess, Leonie ^a   Wasi, Nada ^a   Islam, Towhidul ^a,b   Marley, Anthony A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choice models; Discrete choice experiments; Econometric models

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649123957     PISSN: 17555345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1755-5345(13)70025-3     Document Type: Article

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