Sociodynamic Discrete Choice on Networks in Space: Role of Utility Parameters and Connectivity in Emergent Outcomes
Year: 2012
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: We consider a model where a commuter's transportation mode choice is directly influenced by percentages of neighbors and socioeconomic peers making each choice. Discrete-choice estimation results controlling overall mechanisms related to individual heterogeneous preferences are embedded in a multi-agent based simulation in order to observe the evolution of choice behavior over time with sociodynamic feedback. We find that the estimated utility parameters for different plausible sociogeographic network scenarios can generate dramatically different dynamics. However, in a hypothetical experiment we find that swapping sociogeographic networks does not significantly change the long-run outcome of the simulation, when utility parameters are held fixed.
Source: Procedia Computer Science
Authors: Elenna R. Dugundji, László Gulyás
Institutions: University of Amsterdam, AITIA International (Hungary)
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W591451252