Random taste heterogeneity in discrete choice models: Flexible nonparametric finite mixture distributions
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0191-2615
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2017.10.013