Social influences on household location, mobility and activity choice in integrated micro-simulation models

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-295

  Ettema, Dick ^a   Arentze, Theo ^b   Timmermans, Harry ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation models; Longer term mobility decisions; Social learning; Social network

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAND USE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; ALLOCATION MODEL; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; JOINT ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION; LONGER-TERM MOBILITY DECISIONS; MICROSIMULATION MODELS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; MOBILITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79952449575     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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