Bayesian nonparametric estimation and consistency of mixed multinomial logit choice models

Bernoulli

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-704

  De Blasi, Pierpaolo ^a   James, Lancelot F ^b   Lau, John W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian consistency; Blocked gibbs sampler; Discrete choice models; Mixed multinomial logit; Random probability measures; Stick breaking priors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957597999     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3150/09-BEJ233     Document Type: Article

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