Can scale and coefficient heterogeneity be separated in random coefficients models?

Transportation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1225-1239

  Hess, Stephane ^a   Rose, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Mixed logit; Random scale; Scale heterogeneity; Taste heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

DISCRETE CHOICE; MIXED LOGIT; RANDOM SCALE; SCALE HETEROGENEITIES; TASTE HETEROGENEITIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84867557029     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-012-9394-9     Document Type: Article

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