Classification trees in consumer studies for combining both product attributes and consumer preferences with additional consumer characteristics

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Romano, Rosaria ^a   Davino, Cristina ^b   Næs, Tormod ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptance pattern; Classification trees; Questionnaire data; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890232917     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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