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Discrete Choice Methods and their Applications to Short Term Travel Decisions

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Handbook of Transportation Science

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 23))

Abstract

Modeling travel behavior is a key aspect of demand analysis, where aggregate demand is the accumulation of individuals’ decisions. In this chapter, we focus on “short-term” travel decisions. The most important short-term travel decisions include choice of destination for a non-work trip, choice of travel mode, choice of departure time and choice of route. It is important to note that short-term decisions are conditional on long-term travel and mobility decisions such as car ownership and residential and work locations.

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  1. Director of the MIT Intelligent Transportation Systems Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Switzerland

    Moshe Ben-Akiva (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering) & Michel Bierlaire

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Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M. (1999). Discrete Choice Methods and their Applications to Short Term Travel Decisions. In: Hall, R.W. (eds) Handbook of Transportation Science. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5203-1_2

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