Testing the validity of a demand model: An operations perspective

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-183

  Besbes, Omar ^a   Phillips, Robert ^b,c   Zeevi, Assaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Nomis Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Goodness of fit test; Hypothesis testing; Model misspecification; Parametric and nonparametric estimation; Performance analysis; Pricing

Indexed keywords

GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MISSPECIFICATION; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; PARAMETRIC AND NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION;

ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77249128972     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1090.0264     Document Type: Article

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