How, when and why integrated choice and latent variable models are latently useful

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 192-217

  Vij, Akshay ^a   Walker, Joan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice models; Hybrid choice models; Integrated choice and latent variable models

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

CHOICE MODEL; COGNITIVE PROCESS; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; LATENT VARIABLE; LATENT VARIABLE MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; SYNTHETIC DATASETS;

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES;

COGNITION; DATA SET; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84965116288     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2016.04.021     Document Type: Article

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