Determining a public transport satisfaction index from user surveys

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 713-741

  del Castillo, J M ^a   Benitez, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

exponential family distribution; generalised linear model; pseudolikelihood; public transport; quality survey; user satisfaction; weighted mean

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL FAMILY DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALISED LINEAR MODELS; PSEUDO-LIKELIHOOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; USER SATISFACTION; WEIGHTED MEAN;

RATING;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84884477605     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18128602.2011.654139     Document Type: Article

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