Valuation of travel time reliability in freight transportation: A review and meta-analysis of stated preference studies

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 228-243

  Shams, Kollol ^a   Asgari, Hamidreza ^a   Jin, Xia ^a  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TOURISM INDUSTRY; TRAVEL TIME;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; RELIABILITY MEASURE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; STATED-PREFERENCE STUDIES; TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVEY DESIGN; TRAVEL TIME; VALUATION;

EID: 84997470905     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.08.001     Document Type: Article

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