The study analyzed farm households’ access and utilization of government health facilities in Kogi State, Nigeria. Specifically, it described the socioeconomic characteristics of farm households, determined the level of accessibility to health facilities by farm households, and determined the factors that drive farm households’ utilization of government health facilities. A two staged random sa...

In this study we assess the ability of the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey (MRFSS) to support single-species recreation demand models. We use the 2000 MRFSS southeast intercept data combined with the economic add-on. We determine that the MRFSS data will support only a few species-specific recreation demand models. Considering species of management interest in the southeast, we fo...

The assortment optimization problem under the mixture of multinomial logit models is NPcomplete and there are different approximation methods to obtain upper bounds on the optimal expected revenue. In this paper, we analytically compare the upper bounds obtained by the different approximation methods. We propose a new, tractable approach to construct an upper bound on the optimal expected reven...

This thesis examines how to model the choice of individual travelers among various possible travel alternatives in the airline industry. A review of the models used to represent that choice situation in the Passenger OriginDestination Simulator (PODS) was undertaken for two reasons. First, the development of computational capabilities has lead to advancements in consumer choice theory that enab...

the study assessed the effects of agricultural practices on biodiversity in olamaboro local government are of kogi state, nigeria. one hundred and fifty (150) farmers (respondents) were sampled using simple random sampling technique from five council wards (30 farmers per council ward). data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logit regression model. results showed that 63%...

In this paper we develop a random utility model designed to distinguish and estimate, within a single, coherent framework, the use and non-use value of an array of environmental goods. The motivating example is the valuation of improvements in the ecological status of rivers. In a departure from the extreme reduced-form of the standard linear mixed logit specification, our model is developed fr...

logit models are one of the most important discrete choice models and they play an important role in describing decision makers’ choices among alternatives. in this paper the multi-nominal logit models has been used in mode choice modeling of isfahan. despite the availability of different mathematical computer programs there are not so many programs available for estimating discrete choice mode...

objective: poverty alleviation is an essential step to achieve economic development. this is why identification exercise is so crucial. traditionally, different aspects of insecurities have not be taken into poverty measurement. many types of insecurities have adverse impacts on household welfare. identifying vulnerability of household can serve identification of the poor households. methodolog...