A finite mixture approach to uncover the heterogeneity in the relationship between visit motivation and activity preferences

Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Selected Papers of the Statistical Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 21-29

  Marques, Catarina ^a   Reis, Elizabeth ^a   Menezes, João ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Finite mixture model; Outer model; Partial little square; Pull factor; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959462504     PISSN: 21947767     EISSN: 21947775     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32419-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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