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socio-demographic attributes of each individual. This second approach is referred to as the disaggregate approach.
There are two basic ways of modeling such aggregate (or group) behavior. One approach directly models the aggregate share of all or a segment of decision makers choosing each alternative as a function of the characteristics of the alternatives and socio-demographic attributes of the group. This approach is commonly referred to as the aggregate approach. The second approach is to recognize that aggregate behavior is the result of numerous individual decisions and to model individual choice responses as a function of the characteristics of the Self Instructing Course in Mode Choice Modeling: Multinomial and Nested Logit Models 2 Koppelman and Bhat January 31, 2006 alternatives available to and socio-demographic attributes of each individual. This second approach is referred to as the disaggregate approach. The disaggregate approach has several import
CHAPTER 3: Utility-Based Choice Theory 3.1 Basic Construct of Utility Theory Utility is an indicator of value to an individual. Generally, we think about utility as being derived from the attributes of alternatives or sets of alternatives; e.g., the total set of groceries purchased in a week. The utility maximization rule states that an individual will select the alternative from his/her set of available alternatives that maximizes his or her utility. Further, the rule implies that there is a function containing attributes of alternatives and characteristics of individuals that describes an individual’s utility valuation for each alternative. The utility function, U , has the property that an alternative is chosen if its utility is greater than the utility of all other alternatives in the individual’s choice set. Alternatively, this can be stated as alternative, ‘i’, is chosen among a set of alternatives, if and only if the utility of alternative, ‘i’, is greater than or equal to the utility of all alternatives2 , ‘j’, in the choice set, C. This can be expressed mathematically as: If ( , ) ( , ) UX S UX S j i j j C it jt ≥ ∀ ⇒ ∀∈ ; 3.1 where U( ) is the mathematical utility function, , X Xi j are vectors of attributes describing alternatives i and j, respectively (e.g., travel time, travel cost, and other relevant attributes of the available modes), St is a vector of characteristics describing individual t, that influence his/her preferences among alternatives (e.g., household income and number of automobiles owned for travel mode choice), 2 “All j includes alternative i. The case of equality of utility is included to acknowledge that the utility of i will be equal to the utility of i included in all j. Self Instructing Course in Mode Choice Modeling: Multinomial and Nested Logit Models 15 Koppelman and Bhat January 31, 2006 i j ; means the alternative to the left is preferred to the alternative to the right, and ∀j means all the cases, j, in the choice set. That is, if the utility of alternative i is greater than or equal to the utility of all alternatives, j; alternative i will be preferred and chosen from the set of alternatives, C. The underlying concept of utility allows us to rank a series of alternatives and identify the single alternative that has highest utility. The primary implication of this ranking or ordering of alternatives is that there is no absolute reference or zero point, for utility values. Thus, the only valuation that is important is the difference in utility between pairs of alternatives; particularly whether that difference is positive or negative. Any function that produces the same preference orderings can serve as a utility function and will give the same predictions of choice, regardless of the numerical values of the utilities assigned to individual alternatives. It also follows that utility functions, which result in the same order among alternatives, are equivalent.
ε represents the random components of the utility, also called the error term. The error term is included in the utility function to account for the fact that the analyst is not able to completely and correctly measure or specify all attributes that determine travelers’ mode utility assessment. By definition, error terms are unobserved and unmeasured. A wide range of distributions could be used to represent the distribution of error terms over individuals and alternatives. If we assume that the error term for each alternative represents many missing components, each of which has relatively little impact on the value of each alternative, the central limit theorem suggests that the sum of these small errors will be distributed normally. This assumption leads to the formulation of the Multinomial Probit (MNP) probabilistic choice model. However, the mathematical complexity of the MNP model; which makes it difficult to estimate, interpret and predict; has limited its use in practice. An alternative distribution assumption, described in the next chapter, leads to the formulation of the multinomial logit (MNL) model.
socio-demographic attributes of each individual. This second approach is referred to as the disaggregate approach.
There are two basic ways of modeling such aggregate (or group) behavior. One approach directly models the aggregate share of all or a segment of decision makers choosing each alternative as a function of the characteristics of the alternatives and socio-demographic attributes of the group. This approach is commonly referred to as the aggregate approach. The second approach is to recognize that aggregate behavior is the result of numerous individual decisions and to model individual choice responses as a function of the characteristics of the Self Instructing Course in Mode Choice Modeling: Multinomial and Nested Logit Models 2 Koppelman and Bhat January 31, 2006 alternatives available to and socio-demographic attributes of each individual. This second approach is referred to as the disaggregate approach. The disaggregate approach has several import
CHAPTER 3: Utility-Based Choice Theory 3.1 Basic Construct of Utility Theory Utility is an indicator of value to an individual. Generally, we think about utility as being derived from the attributes of alternatives or sets of alternatives; e.g., the total set of groceries purchased in a week. The utility maximization rule states that an individual will select the alternative from his/her set of available alternatives that maximizes his or her utility. Further, the rule implies that there is a function containing attributes of alternatives and characteristics of individuals that describes an individual’s utility valuation for each alternative. The utility function, U , has the property that an alternative is chosen if its utility is greater than the utility of all other alternatives in the individual’s choice set. Alternatively, this can be stated as alternative, ‘i’, is chosen among a set of alternatives, if and only if the utility of alternative, ‘i’, is greater than or equal to the utility of all alternatives2 , ‘j’, in the choice set, C. This can be expressed mathematically as: If ( , ) ( , ) UX S UX S j i j j C it jt ≥ ∀ ⇒ ∀∈ ; 3.1 where U( ) is the mathematical utility function, , X Xi j are vectors of attributes describing alternatives i and j, respectively (e.g., travel time, travel cost, and other relevant attributes of the available modes), St is a vector of characteristics describing individual t, that influence his/her preferences among alternatives (e.g., household income and number of automobiles owned for travel mode choice), 2 “All j includes alternative i. The case of equality of utility is included to acknowledge that the utility of i will be equal to the utility of i included in all j. Self Instructing Course in Mode Choice Modeling: Multinomial and Nested Logit Models 15 Koppelman and Bhat January 31, 2006 i j ; means the alternative to the left is preferred to the alternative to the right, and ∀j means all the cases, j, in the choice set. That is, if the utility of alternative i is greater than or equal to the utility of all alternatives, j; alternative i will be preferred and chosen from the set of alternatives, C. The underlying concept of utility allows us to rank a series of alternatives and identify the single alternative that has highest utility. The primary implication of this ranking or ordering of alternatives is that there is no absolute reference or zero point, for utility values. Thus, the only valuation that is important is the difference in utility between pairs of alternatives; particularly whether that difference is positive or negative. Any function that produces the same preference orderings can serve as a utility function and will give the same predictions of choice, regardless of the numerical values of the utilities assigned to individual alternatives. It also follows that utility functions, which result in the same order among alternatives, are equivalent.
ε represents the random components of the utility, also called the error term. The error term is included in the utility function to account for the fact that the analyst is not able to completely and correctly measure or specify all attributes that determine travelers’ mode utility assessment. By definition, error terms are unobserved and unmeasured. A wide range of distributions could be used to represent the distribution of error terms over individuals and alternatives. If we assume that the error term for each alternative represents many missing components, each of which has relatively little impact on the value of each alternative, the central limit theorem suggests that the sum of these small errors will be distributed normally. This assumption leads to the formulation of the Multinomial Probit (MNP) probabilistic choice model. However, the mathematical complexity of the MNP model; which makes it difficult to estimate, interpret and predict; has limited its use in practice. An alternative distribution assumption, described in the next chapter, leads to the formulation of the multinomial logit (MNL) model.
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