The effect of social interactions on travel behaviour: An exploratory study using a laboratory experiment

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-344

  Sunitiyoso, Yos ^a   Avineri, Erel ^b   Chatterjee, Kiron ^b  

^a BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory experiment; Social interaction; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEARNING MODELS; SMALL SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952442523     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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