On the suitability of econometric demand models in design for market systems

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Frischknecht, Bart D ^a   Whitefoot, Katie ^b   Papalambros, Panos Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COUNTERFACTUAL EXPERIMENTS; DEMAND MODELLING; DESIGN CHANGE; DESIGN STUDIES; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS; MARKET SYSTEM; PROPERTY; REVEALED PREFERENCE DATUM; SYSTEMS RESEARCH;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 78650315019     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002941     Document Type: Article

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