Directed by Michel Bierlaire, the Transport and Mobility Laboratory is active in modeling, optimization and simulation of transportation systems, with a specific emphasis on the mobility of individuals.

This webpage contains the academic output of the laboratory. We are committed to open science. Links to the specific documents are available. Also, if you click on the bibtex button next to a reference, it gives you access to the reference in bibtex format, that you can copy and paste to your bibliography file.

• Action Inaction in the face of Climate Change: the Symposium, Hotel Europe, Zinal, Jun 01, 2025 - Jun 03, 2025
  • Role: Chair
• Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Individual Behavior and Market Demand, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jan 26, 2025 - Jan 30, 2025
  • Role: Founder, organizer and lecturer
• Winter School on Optimization and Operations Research, Hotel Europe, Zinal, Jan 19, 2025 - Jan 24, 2025
  • Role: Organizer

2024

• Haering T., Torres F., Bierlaire M. (2024). Heuristics and Exact Algorithms for Choice-Based Capacitated and Uncapacitated Continuous Pricing. Report TRANSP-OR 240905bibtex

  
  @TechReport{HaerBier2024,
    author = {Tom Haering and {Fabian Alejandro} Torres and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Heuristics and Exact Algorithms for Choice-Based Capacitated and Uncapacitated Continuous Pricing},
    institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
    year = {2024},
    type = {Technical Report},
    number = {TRANSP-OR 240905},
    address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}
  

• Torres F., Gendreau M., Rei W. (2024). Pricing Routes: Compensation of Crowd-Drivers. Report TRANSP-OR 240717bibtex

  
  @TechReport{Torres2024_0,
    author = {{Fabian Alejandro} Torres and Michel Gendreau and Walter Rei},
    title = {Pricing Routes: Compensation of Crowd-Drivers},
    institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
    year = {2024},
    type = {Technical Report},
    number = {TRANSP-OR 240717},
    address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}
  

• Ilinov P., Matveenko A., Senkov M., Starkov E. (2024). Optimally Biased Expertise. Report TRANSP-OR 240223bibtex

  
  @TechReport{IlinMatvSenkStar24,
    author = {Pavel Ilinov and Andrei Matveenko and Maxim Senkov and Egor Starkov},
    title = {Optimally Biased Expertise},
    institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
    year = {2024},
    type = {Technical Report},
    number = {TRANSP-OR 240223},
    address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}
  

• Ortelli N., de Lapparent M., Varotto S., Bierlaire M. (2024). An integrated ordered logit and latent variable model for accident injury severity and risk-taking behavior. Report TRANSP-OR 240101bibtex

  
  @TechReport{OrteLappVaroBier2024,
    author = {Nicola Ortelli and Matthieu {de Lapparent} and Silvia Varotto and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {An integrated ordered logit and latent variable model for accident injury severity and risk-taking behavior},
    institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
    year = {2024},
    type = {Technical Report},
    number = {TRANSP-OR 240101},
    address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}
  

• Ricard L., Bierlaire M. (2024). 50 years of behavioral models for transportation and logistics. Report TRANSP-OR 220408bibtex

  
  @TechReport{RicaBier24,
    author = {L\'ea Ricard and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {50 years of behavioral models for transportation and logistics},
    institution = {Transport and Mobility Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique F\'ed\'erale de Lausanne},
    year = {2024},
    type = {Technical Report},
    number = {TRANSP-OR 220408},
    address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}}}
  

2024

• Rezvany N., Bierlaire M. Activity-based models: an optimization approach November 13, 2024. Seminar of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands.bibtex

  
  @Misc{2024Delft_ABM,
    author = {Negar Rezvany and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Activity-based models: an optimization approach},
    howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/2024Delft_ABM.pdf}},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Presented at Seminar of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands}}}
  

• Rezvany N., Bierlaire M. Activity-based models: recent developments in travel demand modeling November 01, 2024. SBB Research Comittee, Swiss Federal Railways, Bern, Switzerland.bibtex

  
  @Misc{2024SBB,
    author = {Negar Rezvany and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Activity-based models: recent developments in travel demand modeling},
    howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/2024SBB.pdf}},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Presented at SBB Research Comittee, Swiss Federal Railways, Bern, Switzerland}}}
  

• Rezvany N., Bierlaire M. Activity-based models: recent developments in travel demand modeling October 19, 2024. (Keynote presentation)International Symposium on Intelligent Technology for Future Transportation, Helsinki, Finland.bibtex

  
  @Misc{itft2024,
    author = {Negar Rezvany and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Activity-based models: recent developments in travel demand modeling},
    howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/itft2024.pdf}},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Presented at International Symposium on Intelligent Technology for Future Transportation, Helsinki, Finland}}}
  

• Bierlaire M. Irrational Behavior and Optimization October 16, 2024. Seminar of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands.bibtex

  
  @Misc{delft2024,
    author = {Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Irrational Behavior and Optimization},
    howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/delft2024.pdf}},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Presented at Seminar of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands}}}
  

• Kukic M., Bierlaire M. Hybrid Simulator for Projecting Synthetic Households in Unforeseen Events September 04, 2024. Conference in Emerging Technologies in Transportation Systems (TRC-30), , Heraklion, Crete.bibtex

  
  @Misc{2024Kukic_TRC30,
    author = {Marija Kukic and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Hybrid Simulator for Projecting Synthetic Households in Unforeseen Events},
    howpublished = {\url{https://transp-or.epfl.ch/documents/talks/2024Kukic_TRC30.pdf}},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Presented at Conference in Emerging Technologies in Transportation Systems (TRC-30), , Heraklion, Crete}}}
  

Accepted for publication

• Beine M., Bierlaire M., Docquier F. (to appear). New York, Abu Dhabi, London or Stay at Home? Using a Cross-Nested Logit Model to Identify Complex Substitution Patterns in Migration. Journal of Economic Geography (accepted for publication on Jan 16, 2024)bibtex

  
  @Article{BeinBierDocq24,
    author = {Michel Beine and Michel Bierlaire and Fr\'ed\'eric Docquier},
    title = {New York, Abu Dhabi, London or Stay at Home? Using a Cross-Nested Logit Model to Identify Complex Substitution Patterns in Migration},
    journal = {Journal of Economic Geography},
    year = {to appear},
    note = {Accepted on Jan 16, 2024}}}
  

2024

• Rezvany N., Kukic M., Bierlaire M. (2024). A review of activity-based disaggregate travel demand models. Findingsabstract

  This paper reviews the literature on disaggregated travel demand models from a choice perspective, focusing on activity-based models (ABMs) and synthetic population generators as example approaches to capture these choice dimensions. We discuss the links between these models and elaborate on their integration, emphasizing how advanced population synthesis can address gaps in ABMs. The importance of incorporating multi-person and multi-period contexts to more accurately represent travel behavior is highlighted. Further advancements aimed at improving the practical application of these models are also discussed.

  bibtex

  
  @Article{RezKucBie24,
    author = {Negar Rezvany and Marija Kukic and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {A review of activity-based disaggregate travel demand models},
    journal = {Findings},
    year = {2024},
    note = {Accepted on Nov 01, 2024}}}
  

• Kukic M., Li X., Bierlaire M. (2024). One-step Gibbs sampling for the generation of synthetic households. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 166 (104770)bibtex

  
  @Article{KukiXinlBier24,
    author = {Marija Kukic and Xinling Li and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {One-step Gibbs sampling for the generation of synthetic households},
    journal = {Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {166},
    number = {104770},
    DOI = {10.1016/j.trc.2024.104770},
    note = {Accepted on Jul 14, 2024}}}
  

• Obrenovic N., Atac S., Bierlaire M. (2024). Light electric vehicle sharing systems: Functional design of a comprehensive decision making solution. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 182 (104043)abstract

  The functional design of a decision support system for a state-of-the-art vehicle sharing system (VSS) inevitably includes the selection or definition of methodologies for planning and managing the observed VSS. In this paper, our focus is on an innovative VSS that utilizes light electric vehicles. Our goal is to specify the functions of a comprehensive decision making solution for such a VSS through a qualitative and systematic literature and system analysis. To achieve this goal, we rely on the holistic VSS management framework developed in our previous research. As a result of our study, we identify possible solution methodologies or algorithms for implementing functions of the designed decision making solution, and propose the necessary adjustments for their application in the case of light electric vehicles, or note any research gap. With these findings, we provide justified guidance to practitioners in creating these solutions, with the aim of reducing development time.

  bibtex

  
  @Article{ObreAtacBier24,
    author = {Nikola Obrenovic and Selin Atac and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Light electric vehicle sharing systems: Functional design of a comprehensive decision making solution},
    journal = {Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {182},
    number = {104043},
    DOI = {10.1016/j.tra.2024.104043},
    note = {Accepted on Mar 09, 2024}}}
  

• Ortelli N., de Lapparent M., Bierlaire M. (2024). Resampling Estimation of Discrete Choice Models. Journal of Choice Modelling 50 (100467)abstract

  In the context of discrete choice modeling, the extraction of potential behavioral insights from large datasets is often limited by the poor scalability of maximum likelihood estimation. This paper proposes a simple and fast dataset-reduction method that is specifically designed to preserve the richness of observations originally present in a dataset, while reducing the computational complexity of the estimation process. Our approach, called LSH-DR, leverages locality-sensitive hashing to create homogeneous clusters, from which representative observations are then sampled and weighted. We demonstrate the efficacy of our approach by applying it on a real-world mode choice dataset: the obtained results show that the samples generated by LSH-DR allow for substantial savings in estimation time while preserving estimation efficiency at little cost.

  bibtex

  
  @Article{OrteLappBier2024,
    author = {Nicola Ortelli and Matthieu {de Lapparent} and Michel Bierlaire},
    title = {Resampling Estimation of Discrete Choice Models},
    journal = {Journal of Choice Modelling},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {50},
    number = {100467},
    DOI = {10.1016/j.jocm.2023.100467},
    note = {Accepted on Dec 20, 2023}}}