Discrete Choice Analysis: Theory and Application to Travel Demand.

Abstract

This book, which is intended as a graduate level text and a general professional reference, presents the methods of discrete choice analysis and their applications in the modeling of transportation systems. The first seven chapters provide a basic introduction to discrete choice analysis that covers the material needed to apply basic binary and multiple choice models. The chapters are as follows: introduction; review of the statistics of model estimation; theories of individual choice behavior; binary choice models; multinomial choice; aggregate forecasting techniques; and tests and practical issues in developing discrete choice models. The rest of the chapters cover more advanced material and culminate in the development of a complete travel demand model system presented in chapter 11. The advanced chapters are as follows: theory of sampling; aggregation and sampling of alternatives; models of multidimensional choice and the nested logit model; and systems of models. The last chapter (12) presents an overview of current research frontiers.