[HTML][HTML] Assisted specification of discrete choice models

N Ortelli, T Hillel, FC Pereira, M de Lapparent… - Journal of choice …, 2021 - Elsevier
Determining appropriate utility specifications for discrete choice models is time-consuming
and prone to errors. With the availability of larger and larger datasets, as the number of …

A prediction and behavioural analysis of machine learning methods for modelling travel mode choice

JÁ Martín-Baos, JA López-Gómez… - … research part C …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of a variety of Machine Learning (ML) approaches for travel mode choice
prediction poses an interesting question to transport modellers: which models should be …

Deep neural networks for choice analysis: A statistical learning theory perspective

S Wang, Q Wang, N Bailey, J Zhao - Transportation Research Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although researchers increasingly use deep neural networks (DNN) to analyze individual
choices, overfitting and interpretability issues remain obstacles in theory and practice. This …

Interpretable Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Electric Vehicle Buying Decisions

H Naseri, EOD Waygood, B Wang… - Transportation …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
To address the problem of climate change emissions from the transport sector, many
countries are promoting electric vehicles (EVs). To support such efforts, it is essential to …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling train route decisions during track works

B Schmid, F Becker, J Molloy, KW Axhausen… - Journal of Rail Transport …, 2022 - Elsevier
To better understand the choice behavior of train route schedulers and to predict their
choices for optimizing the annual construction schedule, prospective data for 2020 on train …

Latent class choice model with a flexible class membership component: A mixture model approach

G Sfeir, M Abou-Zeid, F Rodrigues, FC Pereira… - Journal of choice …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a Latent Class Choice Model (LCCM) with a flexible class membership
component. Specifically, it formulates the latent classes using Gaussian-Bernoulli mixture …

[HTML][HTML] Who Is More Likely to Buy Electric Vehicles?

H Naseri, EOD Waygood, Z Patterson, B Wang - Transport Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
To promote electric vehicles, it is vital to know what impacts the preferences for electric
vehicles over conventional fuel-based cars. To address this, a discrete choice experiment is …

Moral rhetoric in discrete choice models: a Natural Language Processing approach

T Szép, S van Cranenburgh, C Chorus - Quality & Quantity, 2024 - Springer
This paper proposes a new method to combine choice-and text data to infer moral
motivations from people's actions. To do this, we rely on moral rhetoric, in other words …

Car or Cargo Bike? Determinants for the Use of a Small Vehicle Type in Urban Logistics: A Stated Preference Survey Among Commercial Transport Operators

J Gruber, M Plener, L Damer… - Transportation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
To address the adverse effects of urban freight, downshifting to smaller vehicles, such as
cargo bikes, has been indicated as a viable solution. Existing literature on freight mode …

Predicting travel mode choice with a robust neural network and Shapley additive explanations analysis

L Tang, C Tang, Q Fu, C Ma - IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting and understanding travellers' mode choices is crucial to developing urban
transportation systems and formulating traffic demand management strategies. Machine …