On the use of mixed RP/SP models in prediction: Accounting for systematic and random taste heterogeneity

Transportation Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-108

  Cherchi, Elisabetta ^a   De Dios Ortúzar, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Mixed RP SP models; Policy forecasts; Random heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION-TAKING; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR; RANDOM HETEROGENEITY; REVEALED PREFERENCE; TASTE HETEROGENEITIES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 79951926083     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1100.0334     Document Type: Article

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