An analysis of the social context of children's weekend discretionary activity participation

Transportation

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 697-721

  Sener, Ipek N ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity basedtravel analysis; Children stime use; Children's discretionary activity; Multiplediscrete continuous models; Weekend travel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRANSPORTATION;

DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITY; MULTIPLEDISCRETE CONTINUOUS MODEL;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 34748861467     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-007-9125-9     Document Type: Article

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