A profile-likelihood search routine finds better local optima than standard starting-value searches in latent class and mixed logit choice models, sometimes with large policy-relevant differences.
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Get me out of this hole: a profile likelihood approach to identifying and avoiding inferior local optima in choice models
A profile-likelihood search routine finds better local optima than standard starting-value searches in latent class and mixed logit choice models, sometimes with large policy-relevant differences.