Passenger satisfaction evaluation model for Urban rail transit: A structural equation modeling based on partial least squares

Transport Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-31

  Shen, Weiwei ^a   Xiao, Weizhou ^a   Wang, Xin ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation indicator system; Partial least square method; Passenger satisfaction; Rail transit; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84947788402     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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