作者：Singh, Diwas K. C.
作者单位：Emory University
摘要：This paper examines the effect of multitasking on overall worker performance, as measured by processing time, throughput rate, and output quality using microlevel operational data from the field. Specifically, we study the multitasking behavior of physicians in a busy hospital emergency department (ED). By drawing on recent findings in the experimental psychology literature and the nascent work in cognitive neuroscience, we develop several hypotheses for the effect of multitasking on worker pe...
作者：Newman, Jeffrey P.; Ferguson, Mark E.; Garrow, Laurie A.; Jacobs, Timothy L.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：We develop a parameter estimation routine for multinomial logit discrete choice models in which one alternative is completely censored, i.e., when one alternative is never observed to have been chosen in the estimation data set. Our method is based on decomposing the log-likelihood function into marginal and conditional components. Our method is computationally efficient, provides consistent parameter estimates, and can easily incorporate price and other product attributes. Simulations based o...
