Spatial random slope multilevel modeling using multivariate conditional autoregressive models: A case study of subjective travel satisfaction in Beijing

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-35

  Dong, Guanpeng ^a   Ma, Jing ^b   Harris, Richard ^c   Pryce, Gwilym ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Beijing; Conditional autoregressive model; Multilevel modeling; Subjective travel satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84946925889     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1094388     Document Type: Article

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