Overview
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Piet H. L. Bovy
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Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Eliahu Stern
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Department of Gergraphy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
Pages 1-14
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
Pages 15-34
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
Pages 35-122
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
Pages 123-169
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
Pages 171-211
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
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- Piet H. L. Bovy, Eliahu Stern
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Back Matter
Pages 273-311
About this book
With the ever increasing number of opportunities, in every aspect of modem life, making choices becomes part of our daily routine. It is thus only natural that social scientists have started to study human choice behavior. Early efforts focused on modeling aggregate choice patterns of home buyers, shoppers, travelers, and others. Later studies, aiming to achieve more realistic results, have concentrated on simula ting disaggregate behavior. The most recent approach in choice research is the so-called Discrete Choice Modeling. It is a front-line area mainly in contemporary transportation, geography, and behavioral research. It focuses on individuals' decision-making processes regarding the choice of destinations, modes, departure times, and routes. Considerable research has been done on identifying and quantify ing the general rules governing the individuals' choice behavior, but to the best of our knowledge there is no single book that solely deals with route choice. The study of travelers' route choice in networks is primarily oriented towards gaining insight into their spatial choice behavior. How do people choose routes in a network, what do they know, what do they look for, which road characteristics playa role? On the basis of this information it is possible to design quantitative models aimed at predicting the use of routes dependent on the characteristics of the routes, those of the surrounding environment, and those of the travelers. In this way, traffic flows in the network can be calculated and the network performance can be evaluated.
Reviews
'I recommend the book for all readers interested in an exhaustive treatment of the wayfinding problem...this book valuable reading for all who are interested in urban travel...despite the book' rather high price.' Journal of Regional Science 31:4 1991
Authors and Affiliations
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Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Piet H. L. Bovy
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Department of Gergraphy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Eliahu Stern
