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Applied Sciences, 2020 The preferences of travelers determines the utility of daily activity plans. Decision-makers can affect the preference of travelers when they force private car users to use park-and-ride (P&R) facilities as a way of decreasing traffic in city centers ...
Jairo Ortega +3 more
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Time Functions as Utilities [PDF]
Communications in Mathematical Physics, 2010 Every time function on spacetime gives a (continuous) total preordering of the spacetime events which respects the notion of causal precedence. The problem of the existence of a (semi-)time function on spacetime and the problem of recovering the causal structure starting from the set of time functions are studied.
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People and Nature, 2023 The concept of the homo oeconomicus is often used to model human behaviour in economic contexts. However, other factors like tradition or the preference to comply with social norms can play a role in decision‐making processes.
Irina Vortkamp, Frank M. Hilker
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 In order to understand the differences in individual behavior across different contexts, this study introduces legitimate behavior and its deviation into a utility function.
Wenjie Zhang +3 more
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2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2007 We recast the problem of unconstrained continuous evolutionary optimization as inference in a fixed graphical model. This approach allows us to address several pervasive issues in optimization, including the traditionally difficult problem of selecting an algorithm that is most appropriate for a given task.
Christopher K. Monson +2 more
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Preparation of Glue-free Wheat Straw-based Fiberboard with Zero Formaldehyde [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesGlue-free wheat straw-based fiberboard has the advantages of excellent performance, such as no formaldehyde release, being renewable, and being degradable, which presents a novel approach to enhance the utilization value of straw and protect the ...
Su Qiong, Li Shuangyan
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Effect of EVA Dosage and Type on the Properties of High Dose Desulfurized Rubber Modified Asphalt [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesConventional rubber powder modified asphalt is widely used, but there are drawbacks such as high viscosity, processing difficulties, and poor storage stability, which are avoided by using desulfurized rubber powder.
Zhang Hong, Song Hao
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Transport Accessibility: A Tool for Identification of Activity- Based Destination Choice Model for Port-Said City, Egypt [PDF]
Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2014 The destination choice is an essential step of the travel demand modeling. Many previous studies were concentrated onland use which means that the utilization of land for different activities such as residential, commercial, industrial,educational, etc ...
Marwa El-Bany +3 more
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Various Convexities and Some Relevant Properties of Consumer Preference Relations
Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte Economice, 2023 The concept of convexity plays an important role in the study of economics and consumer theory. For the most part, such studies have been conducted on the assumption that consumer preferences are a binary relation that is complete, reflexive and ...
Forrest Jeffrey Yi-Lin +4 more
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A multi-attribute utility decision support tool for a smart campus—UAE as a case study
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 The advancement in technologies in the education sector has improved living standards and acts as a sustaining factor for future development. Recently, the integration of technologies into the campus to transform it into a Smart Campus has experienced ...
Vian Ahmed +3 more
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