A behavioral analysis of freight mode choice decisions

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 857-869

  Samimi, Amir ^a   Kawamura, Kazuya ^b   Mohammadian, Abolfazl ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

freight mode choice; fuel cost fluctuation; machine learning; truck and rail competition

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; BINARY MODES; FUEL COST; FUEL COST FLUCTUATION; FUEL PRICES; LOW LEVEL; MACHINE LEARNING MODULE; MACHINE-LEARNING; MODAL SHIFTS; MODE CHOICE; POLICY ASSESSMENT; RAIL SHIPMENTS; SHIPPING COST;

FUELS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TRUCKS;

COSTS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRUCKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858605073     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.600092     Document Type: Article

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