Technical Note—An Expectation-Maximization Method to Estimate a Rank-Based Choice Model of Demand

Garrett van Ryzin
Garrett van Ryzin
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Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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Gustavo Vulcano
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Gustavo Vulcano
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Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Garrett van Ryzin

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Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

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Gustavo Vulcano

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Gustavo Vulcano

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Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012

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Published Online:24 Feb 2017https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2016.1559

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Published Online:February 24, 2017

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