External preference segmentation with additional information on consumers: A case study on apples

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-92

  Vigneau, E ^a,b   Charles, M ^a,c   Chen, M ^a,b  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c LUNAM University   (France)

Author keywords

Apples; Consumer attributes; Hedonic study; L shaped data; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CARNATION LATENT VIRUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84886295765     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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