A latent class approach to dealing with respondent uncertainty in a stated choice survey for fare simplification on bus journeys

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 473-493

  Hess, Stephane ^a   Shires, Jeremy ^a   Bonsall, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrete choice; fare simplification; latent class; respondent uncertainty; stated preference

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE; FARE SIMPLIFICATION; LATENT CLASS; RESPONDENT UNCERTAINTY; STATED PREFERENCES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84880074042     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128602.2011.609190     Document Type: Article

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