Flexible spatial dependence structures for unordered multinomial choice models: Formulation and application to teenagers' activity participation

Transportation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-683

  Sener, Ipek N ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite marginal likelihood; Copula; Discrete choice; Spatial econometrics; Teenager activity behavior; Unordered response

Indexed keywords

COPULA; DISCRETE CHOICE; MARGINAL LIKELIHOOD; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS; TEENAGER ACTIVITY BEHAVIOR; UNORDERED-RESPONSE;

MAMMALS;

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; ADOLESCENCE; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859264296     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-011-9370-9     Document Type: Article

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