Incorporating social interaction into hybrid choice models

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1263-1285

  Kamargianni, Maria ^a,b   Ben Akiva, Moshe ^c   Polydoropoulou, Amalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice models; Hybrid choice models (HCM); Latent variables; Mode choice; Social influence; Social interaction; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

CHOICE MODEL; LATENT VARIABLE; MODE CHOICE; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84912017018     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9550-5     Document Type: Article

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