A model of the dynamic process of time allocation to discretionary activities

Transportation Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Meloni, Italo ^a   Spissu, Erika ^a   Bez, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity time allocation; Activity travel behavior; Nested Tobit; Utility maximization

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ACTIVITY TIME ALLOCATION; ACTIVITY-TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; NESTED TOBIT; UTILITY MAXIMIZATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 34247494160     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1060.0164     Document Type: Article

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