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\item Development of optimization algorithms designed for the maximum likelihood estimation of advanced discrete choice models where the objective function is singular, and non-trivial constraints are imposed on the parameters
\item Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
\item April 01, 2004-March 31, 2007
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