A methodological exploration to determine transportation disadvantage variables: The partial least square approach

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-239

  Rashid, Kushairi ^a   Yigitcanlar, Tan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Latent variable; Partial least square approach; SEM; Structural equation modelling; Transportation disadvantage variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929240876     PISSN: 17494729     EISSN: 17494737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2015.069223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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