Modeling heterogeneous risk-taking behavior in route choice: A stochastic dominance approach

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 382-404

  Wu, Xing ^a   Nie, Yu ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

General dynamic programming; Risk aversion; Route choice; Ruin aversion; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960097525     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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