Decision-aid methodologies in transportation

Lectures

Date	Lecturer	Topic	Reading
Feb 17	de Lapparent	Introduction	Chapter 2 (2.1) Simple example
Feb 24	de Lapparent	Choice theory	Chapter 4 (4.1) Making random utility theory operational
Mar 3	de Lapparent	Binary choice	Chapter 4 Binary Choice
Mar 10	de Lapparent	Multiple alternatives	Chapter 5 Choice with multiple alternatives
Mar 17	de Lapparent	Tests	Chapter 6 Specification testing
Mar 24	de Lapparent	Forecasting	Chapter 9 Prediction
Mar 31	Sharif Azadeh	Introduction to decision science
Apr 7		No lecture (Easter)
Apr 14	Sharif Azadeh	Mathematical modeling and LP	TBA
Apr 21	Sharif Azadeh	Duality and sensitivity analysis	TBA
Apr 28	Sharif Azadeh	Integer programming	TBA
May 5	Sharif Azadeh	Graphs and network	TBA
May 12	Sharif Azadeh	Case Study	TBA
May 19	Sharif Azadeh	Heuristics	TBA
May 26	Sharif Azadeh	Research Topics from TRANSP-OR	TBA

Slides

A copy of the slides is available here.

Bibliography

Readings

• Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., McFadden, D., and Walker, J. (2014). Discrete Choice Analysis, Draft document, January 2014. [Available here]
• Train, K. (2009). Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation. Cambridge University Press. [Available here][or here]
• Axhausen, K., Hess, S., Koenig, A., Abay, G., Bates, J. and Bierlaire, M. (2008). Income and distance elasticities of values of travel time savings: New Swiss results. Transport Policy, 15(3):173-185. [Available here]
• Ferguson, T.S. Linear Programming: A concise introduction. [Available here]
• Dantzig, G.B. and Ramser, J.H. (1959). The truck dispatching problem. Management Science, 6(1):80-91. [Available here]
• Cordeau, J.-F., Laporte, G., Savelsbergh, M.W.P. and Vigo, D. (2006). Vehicle Routing. In C. Barnhart and G. Laporte (eds.) Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, vol. 14, pages 367-428, Elsevier. [Available here]
• Barnhart, C., Belobaba, P. and Odoni, A.R. (2003). Applications of operations research in the air transport industry. Transportation Science, 37:368-391. [Available here]

Additional material

• Ben-Akiva, M. and Lerman, S.R. (1985). Discrete Choice Analysis: Theory and Application to Travel Demand, MIT Press. [Bookfinder]
• Ben-Akiva, M. and Bierlaire, M. (2003). Discrete choice models with applications to departure time and route choice. In Hall, R. (ed.) Handbook of Transportation Science, 2nd edition, pages 7-38. Kluwer. [Bookfinder]
• Bertsimas, D. and Tsitsiklis, J.N. (1997). Introduction to Linear Optimization. Athena Scientific, Belmont, MA. [Bookfinder]
• Bierlaire, M. (2006). Introduction à l'Optimisation Différentiable. PPUR. [PPUR]
• Taha, H.A. (2010). Operations Research: An Introduction, 9/E. Pearson. [Pearson]
• Hillier, F.S. and Lieberman, G.J. (2001). Introduction to Operations Research, 7/E. McGraw-Hill. [Google Books]
• Toth, P. and Vigo, D. (2002). The Vehicle Routing Problem. SIAM. [Fulltext from campus]