Evaluation of travel demand measures and programs: A data envelopment analysis approach

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-343

  Nozick, Linda K ^a   Borderas, Hector ^a   Meyburg, Arnim H ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Nonparametric statistical analysis; Travel demand measures

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM);

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DEMAND MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORT POLICY; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 0031597054     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(97)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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