TRAVEL/ACTIVITY ANALYSIS: PATTERN RECOGNITION, CLASSIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION

This paper presents a methodology for the analysis of travel/activity patterns based on a classification procedure in which the set of measurements that define human movement is represented by a pattern vector. Transformation techniques are then applied to the pattern vectors to develop a taxonomy for the pattern space. Subsequent inversion of the transformed patterns yields representative activity patterns that can be related to socioeconomic and urban form characteristics. Pattern recognition theory is demonstrated to be an effective means by which complex travel/activity patterns can be transformed into a structurally simpler space for purposes of planning and analysis. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Recker, W W
  • McNally, M G
  • ROOT, G S
• Publication Date: 1985-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 279-296
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 19A
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Analysis; Biophysics; Conferences; Cyclists; Females; Human beings; Injuries; Injury severity; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Socioeconomic factors; Spinal column; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Urban transportation; Vehicle occupants; Vertebrae
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 9001: Behaviour; 8513: Classification; 255: Economics; 698: Journey; 6136: Measurement; 9102: Method; 2253: Sociology; 9078: Theory; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453911
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 401
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1987 12:00AM