A GENERALIZED PROCEDURE FOR COMPARING MODELS OF SPATIAL CHOICE

A major concern of geographers has been the explanation and prediction of spatial choice behavior. Several discrete choice models have been developed which attempt to account for the use of different transport routes, modes, shopping centers, and so on. One of the fundamental issues associated with these models is the problem of model specification; furthermore, each type of model can potentially give disparate results for the same spatial choice situation. In this paper the models and their characteristics are summarized, and a generalized method for comparing the results yielded by alternative model specifications, or results obtained from different model formulations, are presented. The procedure is an application of recent developments in heuristic methods for comparing related matrices. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Halperin, W C
  • Richardson, G D
  • Gale, N
  • Costanzo, C M
• Publication Date: 1984-10

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1289-301
• Serial:
  • Environment and Planning A
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Pion Limited
  • ISSN: 0308-518X
  • EISSN: 1472-3409
  • Serial URL: http://www.envplan.com/A.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Behavior; Decision making; Forecasting; Heuristic methods; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Routes; Shopping centers; Specifications; Traffic distribution; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Selection; Spatial choice
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 2248: Decision process; 132: Forecast; 699: Itinerary; 6473: Mathematical model; 9072: Selection; 320: Shopping centre; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393294
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM