A Logistic Regression Model with a Hierarchical Random Error Term for Analyzing the Utilization of Public Transport

Chong Wei, Tingting Lu and Xuedong Yan

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, vol. 2015, 1-8

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Logistic regression models have been widely used in previous studies to analyze public transport utilization. These studies have shown travel time to be an indispensable variable for such analysis and usually consider it to be a deterministic variable. This formulation does not allow us to capture travelers’ perception error regarding travel time, and recent studies have indicated that this error can have a significant effect on modal choice behavior. In this study, we propose a logistic regression model with a hierarchical random error term. The proposed model adds a new random error term for the travel time variable. This term structure enables us to investigate travelers’ perception error regarding travel time from a given choice behavior dataset. We also propose an extended model that allows constraining the sign of this error in the model. We develop two Gibbs samplers to estimate the basic hierarchical model and the extended model. The performance of the proposed models is examined using a well-known dataset.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1155/2015/430926

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