CEGR 686 - Demand Analysis and Forecasting

3 hours.
3 Credits

Analysis and forecasting of demand for facilities and services, for use in the planning, design, and operations of transportation systems. Emphasis on the collection and analysis of survey data for demand model development. Covers alternative sample designs, individual choice theories, probabilistic discrete choice models, estimation of desegregate and aggregate models, aggregate forecasting methods and simulation. Illustrated with applications from the field of transportation planning. Hands on exercises in the use of PC statistical analysis software.

Offered (AS NEEDED)