A copula-based joint model of commute mode choice and number of non-work stops during the commute

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-362

  Portoghese, Alessandro ^a   Spissu, Erika ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^b   Eluru, Naveen ^c   Meloni, Italo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copula based model; Mode choice; Stop making behavior; Tour analysis; Work commute

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; LOGIT ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 84856752881     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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