ITLS Working Papers: Recent submissions
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Capacity Alignment Planning for a Coal Chain: A Case Study
Published 2019-09-01We study a capacity alignment planning problem for a coal chain. Given a set of train operators, a set of train paths, and a terminal comprising of a dump station and a set of routes from the dump station to the stockyard, ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Panic, irrationality, herding: Three ambiguous terms in crowd dynamics research
Published 2019-08-01Background: The three terms “panic”, “irrationality” and “herding” are ubiquitous in the crowd dynamics literature and have a strong influence on both modelling and management practices. The terms are also commonly shared ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Review of bus rapid transit and branded bus service performance in Australia: From workhorse to thoroughbred
Published 2019-08-01Bus rapid transit on dedicated right-of-way and branded bus services with a distinct visual identity have been implemented in various forms around Australia over the past three decades. A major public policy debate has ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Experience as a conditioning effect on choice – Does it matter whether it is exogenous or endogenous?
Published 2019-07-01Hensher and Ho (2017) proposed a way to condition the utility of each alternative in a choice set on experience with the alternatives accumulated over previous periods. The paper found that the overall statistical performance ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Socioeconomic Differences in Ambiguity Attitudes, Partial Ambiguity and A-insensitivity: Evidence from Real-World Decision Making under Uncertainty
Published 2019-07-01Using a nonlinear mixed logit model, this study investigates commuter choice behaviour in the presence of uncertain travel time. Within the proposed source-dependent extended expected utility framework, the uncertainty-risk ...Open AccessWorking Paper