A utility-based evaluation method on the perceived quality of traffic service

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 820-831

  Kita, Hideyuki ^a   Kouchi, Akira ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chodai Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copula function; Driver's perception; Estimation method; Quality of traffic service; Traffic survey data; Utility based evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960051923     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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