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Modeling consideration sets and brand choice using artificial neural networks

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  • Vroomen, Bjorn
  • Hans Franses, Philip
  • van Nierop, Erjen

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The concept of consideration sets makes brand choice a two-step process. House-holds first construct a consideration set which not necessarily includes all available brands and conditional on this set they make a final choice. In this paper we put forward a parametric econometric model for this two-step process, where we take into account that consideration sets usually are not observed. It turns out that our model is an artificial neural network, where the consideration set corresponds with the hidden layer. We discuss representation, parameter estimation and inference. We illustrate our model for the choice between six detergent brands and show that the model improves upon a one-step multinomial logit model, in terms of fit and out-of-sample forecasting.
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  • Vroomen, Bjorn & Hans Franses, Philip & van Nierop, Erjen, 2004. "Modeling consideration sets and brand choice using artificial neural networks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 154(1), pages 206-217, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:154:y:2004:i:1:p:206-217
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