A comparative study of machine learning, deep neural networks and random utility maximization models for travel mode choice modelling

Traditionally, Random Utility Maximization (RUM) models have been widely applied to travel mode choice modelling. Currently, Machine Learning (ML) models are being applied as an alternative to RUM models, since they provide better results in terms of prediction capability and they can manage large v...

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Autores: García García, José Carlos, García Ródenas, Ricardo, López Gómez, Julio Alberto, Martín Baos, José Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/32968
Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146522001740
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/32968
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Random Utility Maximization models
Deep Neural Networks
Machine Learning models
Travel behaviour
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Sumario:Traditionally, Random Utility Maximization (RUM) models have been widely applied to travel mode choice modelling. Currently, Machine Learning (ML) models are being applied as an alternative to RUM models, since they provide better results in terms of prediction capability and they can manage large volumes of data. In this paper, a comprehensive comparison between classic RUM models and ML models, including single and ensemble classifiers as well as Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), is provided in order to assess systematically the performance of different models over two different datasets which have different sizes and nature of data. Numerical experiments show Random Forest (RF) is the best classifier in terms of accuracy index and the computational cost to train the model.