Random regret minimization for consumer choice modeling: Assessment of empirical evidence

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2428-2436

  Chorus, Caspar ^a,b   van Cranenburgh, Sander ^a   Dekker, Thijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice modeling; Consumer preferences; Random regret minimization; Random utility maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905586064     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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