Methods of analysis for vehicle soak time data

H. Oliver Gao and Lynn Schooley Johnson

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2009, vol. 43, issue 8, 744-754

Abstract: Vehicle soak time, the duration of time a vehicle's engine is at rest prior to being started, and its distribution function are important transportation activity data inputs for mobile emissions inventory estimation due to their impacts on vehicle start and evaporative emissions. This paper provides vehicle emission researchers with an overview of statistical analysis methods relevant to analyzing vehicle soak time data. Many of these methods are already in use in emissions research and have appeared in the literature. These methods are reviewed and further details regarding the implementation and interpretation of these methods are provided. Statistical methods relevant to the analysis of soak time data that have yet to appear in the emissions literature, including kernel density estimation and generalized linear models, are also introduced. Advantages and disadvantages of the methods are compared and theoretical justification is provided. Issues of correlated observations and censored data are discussed. General guidelines for the analysis of soak time data, such as stratification by start type and geographical region, are established. Finally, a subset of the statistical methods discussed is used to analyze the US Environmental Protection Agency's 3-city data.

Keywords: Vehicle; soak; time; Emission; inventory; Statistical; analysis; methods; Kernel; density; estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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