A probabilistic approach to evaluate strategies for selecting a parking space

Transportation Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-42

  Cassady, C Richard ^a   Kobza, John E ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PARKING; PERFORMANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; PARKING SPACE; PARKING SPACE SELECTION;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032002618     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.32.1.30     Document Type: Article

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