TOMNET UTC

The idea for TOMNET stems from two intersecting and closely related lines of research pursued by Pat and Ram. Both Pat and Ram have dedicated their careers to understanding and modeling human mobility choices under a wide variety of conditions. While Pat has emphasized the collection of rich behavioral and attitudinal data to gain deep insights into underlying relationships and decision processes, Ram has worked intensively on developing new tools for activity-travel demand modeling that incorporate many of the insights gained through fundamental behavioral research such as that carried out by Pat. TOMNET brings these two complimentary streams of research together under the umbrella of a University Transportation Center with a view to explicitly incorporate attitudes, values, perceptions, and lifestyle preferences in activity-travel demand forecasting models. Rather than relegate these variables to the random error term in regression and utility equations, TOMNET aims to provide a..

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