OBTAINING TRANSPORTATION MODE UTILITIES USING THE ELIMINATION BY ASPECTS MODEL

Estimates for the utility parameters of the Elimination By Aspects (EBA) probabilistic model of human choice are obtained using a least squares fit to the observed probabilities. These heuristic estimators are considerably easier to obtain than the usual maximum likelihood estimators of the EBA parameters. The estimators and their usefulness to transportation planners are presented via a survey of transportation preferences conducted in the Milwaukee County.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind.
• Corporate Authors:

  Marquette University

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1515 West Wisconsin Avenue
  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53233

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Purdue University

  School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907
• Authors:
  • Makowski, G G
  • Bakr, M M
  • Sinha, K C
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Least squares method; Mathematical models; Probability theory; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Utility theory; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation models
• Geographic Terms: Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137314
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-WI-11-0002-75-2
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM