Modeling household discrete choice behavior incorporating heterogeneous group decision-making mechanisms

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-250

  Zhang, Junyi ^a   Kuwano, Masashi ^a   Lee, Backjin ^b   Fujiwara, Akimasa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Car ownership; EM algorithm; Group decision making mechanisms; Heterogeneity; Intra household interaction; Latent class modeling

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION THEORY; PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CAR OWNERSHIP; EM ALGORITHMS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; HETEROGENEITY; INTRA-HOUSEHOLD INTERACTION; LATENT CLASS MODEL;

DECISION MAKING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CAR OWNERSHIP; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 57649112324     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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