A time-dependent logit-based taxi customer-search model

International Journal of Urban Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-198

  Szeto, Wai Yuen ^a   Wong, Ryan Cheuk Pong ^a   Wong, Sze Chun ^a   Yang, Hai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

customer search; discrete choice model; global positioning system; rate of return; time dependent; urban taxi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880926000     PISSN: 12265934     EISSN: 21616779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12265934.2013.776292     Document Type: Article

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