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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"stated preference"”.
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Incorporating stated preference data in travel demand analysis
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1989.
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The Effects of Stated Preference sign on Bias in Responses
Stated Preference (SP) methods have been used extensively in transport research and elsewhere both for demand forecasting purposes and to value the importance attached to different product features and travel attributes. Alongside the broader acceptance and wider application of SP methods, some …
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Stated Preference Study of Long-Haul Commercial Vehicle Route Choice Behavior
… literature review are incorporated into a stated preference survey on routing decisions. The results of this survey are used to calibrate mixed multinomial logit models estimating the probability of route selection for trucks. Findings indicate heterogeneity in truck route choice where on …
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Using images to present stated preference information: an application to the built environment.
Stated preference techniques have traditionally been used to measure preferences and trade-offs in areas such as marketing, transport, health and environmental economics. With some exceptions these techniques have not typically been applied to public space within the built environment, nor have …
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Modeling Vehicle Ownership Decisions in Maryland: A Preliminary Stated Preference Survey and Model
… marketplace. This project proposes to create a stated preference (SP) survey along with discrete choice models to predict future demand for electric, hybrid, alternative fuel, and gasoline vehicles. The survey is divided into three parts: socioeconomics, revealed preference (RP), and SP …
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Estimating demand for new modes of transportation using a context-aware stated preference survey
… thesis presents the design of a context-aware stated preference survey that will be used to estimate the demand for new transportation modes and services. It builds on the Future Mobility Survey, a smartphone-based prompted-recall survey that accurately gathers revealed preference information …
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Valuing maternity care: a comparison of stated preference methods with an application to cost-benefit analysis
… These data are further used to inform two stated preference techniques: a discrete choice experiment (DCE) and contingent valuation method (CVM). These are employed to identify women’s strengths of preferences for different features of care (DCE) and estimate women’s willingness to pay for …
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Measuring values for environmental public goods: incorporating gender and ethnic social effects into stated-preference value-elicitation methods
… make a tractable connection to risk aversion and stated valuation in CVM. Data from a previously collected dataset by Loomis et al (2009) is fit to the model. The results reinforce the inconsistency found between the risk perception and contingent valuation literatures and indicate a possible …
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Using stated preference methods to investigate the effectiveness of alternative transport policies at the University of Cape Town.
In this study Stated Preference (SP) methods are used to investigate alternative transport policies at the University of Cape Town. The main purpose of the study is to investigate how commuters respond to increases in the cost of parking on campus. A sample of academic staff, support/admin staff …
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Future transit service for a broader user base : demand analysis of hypothetical autonomous vehicle mobility services using a stated preference approach
Mobility services and autonomous vehicles (AVs) are predicted to be key revolutionary forces in the future of transportation. In particular, certain forms of the amalgamations of the two technologies not only are expected to offer cost reduction to service providers, but are thought to be available …
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Joint Hedonic Travel Cost Method: Combining Revealed and Stated Preference Data to Estimate Demand for Attribute Quality of Sport Fishing in Illinois
… conjoint analysis and combined revealed and stated preference data. The combination of these techniques creates a joint hedonic travel cost method that consists of using better quality data to overcome the problem of multicollinearity and appearance of negative implicit prices. The hedonic …
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Passenger assessments of quality in local public transport- measurement, variability and planning implications
… separately for each category of passengers. Stated Preference questionnaires were distributed to passengers on buses to test different designs of questionnaires and to measure passengers’ assessment of quality. It was found that in mail-back surveys, binary choices are recommended over other …
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Approaches for identifying consumer preferences for the design of technology products : a case study of residential solar panels
This thesis investigates ways to obtain consumer preferences for technology products to help designers identify the key attributes that contribute to a product's market success. A case study of residential solar PV panels is conducted in the context of the California, USA market within the …
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THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PRESERVING AND RESTORING MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT TO RESIDENTS OF THE PACIFIC FLYWAY: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
… Habitat to Residents of the Pacific Flyway: A Stated Preference Survey Chapter 2: The Value of Conservation: A Focus Group Perspective on Economic Value and Community Priorities for Habitat Restoration Chapter 3: Communicating Ecological Complexity Through Environmental Graphics Chapter 1 uses …
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Empirical Studies of Discrete Choice Models in Health, Fertility, and Voting
… that people are observed to make, i.e., revealed preference (RP) information. From these data we can quantify the influence of particular variables in the real choice context; for example, how important is price in the decision to travel by train? There are, however, potential problems with these …
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Stated and Revealed Preference Valuation of Forest Ecosystems
Stated preference and revealed preference are two commonly conducted non-market value evaluation methods which can also be applied to make evaluation of forest ecosystem. In the application of these evaluation methodologies, there always exists limitation from the data collection and empirical …
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The valuation of Intaka Island : a comparison of the contingent valuation method and hedonic pricing analysis
… Contingent valuation is the most frequently used stated preference technique, while hedonic pricing analysis is an alternative revealed preference technique employed for the determination of the value attached to a public good. This paper uses both techniques to study the utility generated by …
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Capturing Residential Preference Changes through Perception Detections of Rationally Inattentive Decision Makers
… a unique perspective on analyzing residential preferences and forming the foundation of the research. The study delves into both the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic on residential location choice behaviour and aims to understand how preferences differ across various demographic …
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Estimation of economic impact of freight distribution due to highway closure
… private operating costs for carriers. The stated preference method and the logit model are used to measure logistics and scheduling costs. The input-output analysis is used to measure indirect costs for carriers. The recommended methodology can be used to the estimate economic impact of …
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Optimal Deployment of Public Charing Infrastructures in Transportation and Power Network
… is still under experiment, we first designed a stated preference (SP) survey to seek the most attributes to influence BEV drivers' charging choice. Next, given a transportation network and the corresponding power grid, we build a bi-level optimization frame so the user cost of BEV drivers could …
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