Estimation of value of travel-time savings using mixed logit models

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 221-236

  Hess, Stephane ^a   Bierlaire, Michel ^b   Polak, John W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

DATA IMPURITIES; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; TRAVEL-TIME SAVINGS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 13344277264     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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