Bi-level decisions of vacant taxi drivers traveling towards taxi stands in customer-search: Modeling methodology and policy implications
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.011
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Sequential logit model; Stated preference survey; Behavior of vacant taxi drivers; Taxi customer-search; Taxi stands;All these keywords.
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