Incorporating pro-environmental preferences towards green automobile technologies through a Bayesian hybrid choice model

RA Daziano, D Bolduc - Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In this article we develop, implement and apply a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Gibbs
sampler for Bayesian estimation of a hybrid choice model (HCM), using stated data on both …

Hybrid choice model to investigate effects of teenagers' attitudes toward walking and cycling on mode choice behavior

M Kamargianni… - Transportation research …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The scope of this paper is to develop an advanced stated preferences (SP) survey
customized to capture teenagers' behaviors and to estimate models of hybrid mode choices …

Taste heterogeneity and latent preferences in the choice behaviour of freight transport operators

AS Bergantino, M Bierlaire, M Catalano, M Migliore… - Transport Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper we show that individual attitudes of road carriers and their latent preferences
toward specific freight service attributes do play a role in determining their mode choices …

Making use of respondent reported processing information to understand attribute importance: a latent variable scaling approach

S Hess, DA Hensher - Transportation, 2013 - Springer
In recent years we have seen an explosion of research seeking to understand the role that
rules and heuristics might play in improving the predictive capability of discrete choice …

Linking response quality to survey engagement: a combined random scale and latent variable approach

S Hess, A Stathopoulos - Journal of Choice Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent interest in the topic of random scale heterogeneity in discrete choice data has led to
the development of specialised tools such as the G-MNL model, as well as repeated claims …

Calibrating a social-force-based pedestrian walking model based on maximum likelihood estimation

M Ko, T Kim, K Sohn - Transportation, 2013 - Springer
Although various theories have been adopted to develop reliable pedestrian walking
models, a limited effort has been made to calibrate them rigorously based on individual …

Multinomial logit model of pedestrian crossing behaviors at signalized intersections

ZP Zhou, YS Liu, W Wang… - Discrete Dynamics in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pedestrian crashes, making up a large proportion of road casualties, are more likely to occur
at signalized intersections in China. This paper aims to study the different pedestrian …

Satisfaction and travel choices

M Abou-Zeid, M Ben-Akiva - Handbook of sustainable travel, 2013 - Springer
Linkages between activities, travel, and overall subjective well-being (SWB) are analyzed.
SWB is broadly defined as the evaluation of the cognitive and affective components of …

The recreational value of different winter conditions in Oslo forests: A choice experiment

H Sælen, T Ericson - Journal of Environmental Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Cross-country skiing is important to many Norwegians as exercise and recreation during
winter. The most heavily used areas for cross-country skiing are the forests near the capital …

Discrete choice analysis of shippers' preferences

M Ben-Akiva, D Bolduc, JQ Park - Freight Transport Modelling, 2013 - emerald.com
Freight choice models should focus on two objectives: quality of service and total logistics
costs, both of which are important to shippers. This chapter examines discrete choice …