In today’s big data era, huge amounts of ranking and choice data are generated on a daily basis, and consequently, many powerful new computational tools for dealing with ranking and choice data have emerged in recent years. This paper highlights recent developments in two areas of ranking and choice modeling that cross traditional boundaries and are of multidisciplinary interest: ranking from p...

logit models are one of the most important discrete choice models and they play an important role in describing decision makers’ choices among alternatives. in this paper the multi-nominal logit models has been used in mode choice modeling of isfahan. despite the availability of different mathematical computer programs there are not so many programs available for estimating discrete choice mode...

T period vehicle routing problem (PVRP) is a variation of the classic vehicle routing problem in which delivery routes are constructed for a period of time (for example, multiple days). In this paper, we consider a variation of the PVRP in which service frequency is a decision of the model. We refer to this problem as the PVRP with service choice (PVRP-SC). We explore modeling issues that arise...

This paper considers participatory modelling to integrate biodiversity conservation into land use planning and to facilitate the incorporation of ecological knowledge into public decision making for spatial planning. Réunion Island has experienced rapid urban and agricultural expansion, which threaten its unique biodiversity. In this context, we designed three participatory modelling sequences,...

Numerous studies have found that suburban residents drive more and walk less than residents in traditional neighborhoods. What is less well understood is the extent to which the observed patterns of travel behavior can be attributed to the residential built environment itself, as opposed to the prior selfselection of residents into a built environment that is consistent with their predispositio...

For Autonomous Ground Vehicles, modelling of the terrain is important for predicting future behaviours and control options. Current terrain modelling is able to identify geometric hazards but has a limited ability to identify complex terrain characteristics. This paper presents a method for segmenting and classifying terrain types based on range data to establish a geometric model of the terrai...

Chinese Muslims have actively maintained religious endogamy. However, no research has assessed the role of local residential context in individual Muslims’ marital choices, nor have sociologists examined the heterogeneity in individual Muslims’ responses to such contextual influences. Using Chinese census data between 2000 and 2005, this paper offers a first investigation of such micro– macro i...

Many STEM studies have focused on traditional learning contexts, such as mathand science-related learning factors, as pre-college learning predictors for STEM major choices in colleges. Few studies have considered a progressive learning activity embedded within STEM contexts. This study chose computer-based learning activities in K-12 math classrooms as a major pre-college learning predictor fo...

The objective of this paper is to question the increasingly common choice to build and use spatially explicit models, especially in the case of participatory agent-based modelling processes. The paper draws on a combination of lessons from literature and the case of a companion modelling process conducted in the context of a conflict about land and forest management in Northern Thailand. Using ...

In this report we define a formal execution semantics for UML activity diagrams that is appropriate for workflow modelling. Our workflow models express software requirements and therefore assume a perfect implementation. In our semantics, software state changes do not take time. It is based upon the Statemate semantics of statecharts, extended with some transactional properties to deal with dat...