Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation

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Discrete Choice Methods withSimulationKenneth TrainUniversity of California, BerkeleyNational Economic Research AssociatesVersion dated March 8, 2002Publisher: Cambridge University PressScheduled publication date: Autumn contact me with any corrections, comments,and suggestions, at McFaddenandin memory ofKenneth Train, copy is made available for use by individuals for their personalresearch and study. Permission is not granted to use any part of thiswork for any other purpose whatsoever without the written consent ofCambridge University Motivation ......................... Choice Probabilities and integration ........... Topics not covered . . ................... Acouplenotes ....................... 12I Behavioral Models132 Derivation of Choice probabilities.

has emerged, and in a format that makes the methods accessible to a wide audience. The advances have mostly centered on simulation. Essentially, simulation is the researcher’s response to the inability of computers to perform integration. Stated more precisely, simulation provides a numerical approximation to integrals, with different meth-

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