Working Papers 2008

ITLS-WP-08-01 

Determining trip information using GPS data

Eoin Clifford, Jun Zhang and Peter Stopher

Key words: Travel surveys, transport, GPS applications, trip analysis

ITLS-WP-08-02 

Assessing systematic sources of variation in public transport elasticities: Some comparative warnings

David A Hensher

Key words: Elasticity, public transport, meta analysis, fares, invehicle time, headway, influences on elasticities

ITLS-WP-08-03 

Managing congestion Are we willing to pay the price?

Peter Stopher and Camden FitzGerald

Key words: Congestion management, congestion, transport policy, road user charges

ITLS-WP-08-04 

Revealing the extent of process heterogeneity in choice analysis: An empirical assessment

Sean Puckett and David Hensher

Key words: Process heterogeneity, event description, stated choice, design complexity, relevance, subadditivity, packaging

ITLS-WP-08-05 

Bus rapid transit systems: A comparative assessment

David Hensher and Thomas Golob

Key words: Bus rapid transit, comparative analysis, infrastructure costs, service levels

ITLS-WP-08-06 

Deducing mode and purpose from GPS data

Peter Stopher, Eoin Clifford, Jun Zhang and Camden FitzGerald

Key words: Travel surveys, GPS, GIS, trips, travel mode, trip purpose

ITLS-WP-08-07 

Emerging business models

David Walters

Key words: New economy, value chain management, new approaches to traditional decision making

ITLS-WP-08-08 

The value chain approach imposes increased expectations on logistics management

David Walters

Key words: Network systems, virtual organisations, value chains, logistics management

ITLS-WP-08-09 

Should reference alternatives in pivot design SC surveys be treated differently?

Stephane Hess and John Rose

Key words: Stated choice, pivot designs, discrete choice

ITLS-WP-08-10 

An annual time use model for vacation travel

Jeffrey LaMondia, Chandra R. Bhat and David A Hensher

Key words: Vacation travel, discrete, choice models, activity models

ITLS-WP-08-11 

Public private partnerships: A procurement device to manage public sector debt

Demi Chung

Key words: Public private partnerships, social dynamic framework of interests, public procurement policy, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Cross City Tunnel

ITLS-WP-08-12 

Efficient stated choice experiments for estimating nested logit models

Michiel CJ Bliemer, John M Rose, and David A Hensher

Key words: Stated choice, efficient experimental designs, nested logit, sample size

ITLS-WP-08-13 

Construction of experimental designs for mixed logit models allowing for correlation across choice observations

Michiel CJ Bliemer and John M Rose

Key words: Stated choice, experimental design, D-efficiency, panel mixed logit

ITLS-WP-08-14 

Regional airports and opportunities for low cost carriers in Australia

Andrew Collins, David Hensher and Zheng Li

Key words: Regional airports, low cost carriers, regular passenger transport, structural equation system, three stage least squares (3SLS)

ITLS-WP-08-15 

Commercial vehicle tour data collection using passive GPS technology: Issues and potential applications

Stephen P Greaves and Miguel A Figliozzi

Key words: Freight data collection, commercial vehicle tours, GPS

ITLS-WP-08-16 

Ordered choices and heterogeneity in attribute processing

William H Greene and David A Hensher

Key words: Ordered choice, heterogeneous thresholds, random parameters, stated choice designs, information processing, ignoring attributes

ITLS-WP-08-17 

The demand chain and response management: New directions for operations management?

David Walters and Mark Rainbird

Key words: Value chain; demand chain, supply chain, response management

ITLS-WP-08-18 

Cash flow management and strategic responses that create corporate value: Some observations

David Walters

Key words: Cash flow management, strategic and structural decisions, corporate value

ITLS-WP-08-19 

Response management: Strategic and operational considerations

David Walters

Key words: Dynamic business environment; demand chain analysis and management; response management

ITLS-WP-08-20 

Aggregation of common-metric attributes in preference revelation in choice experiments and implications for willingness to pay

David Layton and David A. Hensher

Key words: Stated choice designs; information processing; attribute addition; thresholds; willingness to pay

ITLS-WP-08-21 

What if petrol increased to $10 per litre? Implications on travel behaviour and public transport demand

David A. Hensher and John K. Stanley

Key words: Tresis1.1M, systemwide impacts, fuel prices, public transport, vehicle use, CO2

ITLS-WP-08-22 

The six sigma approach in performance management to reduce injury rate at work

Jo Rhodes, Peter Lok, Abe Diamond and Nitin Bhatia

Key words: Six sigma, performance management, safety culture, continuous improvement, DMAIC, injury rate