EPFL MIT

July 3, 2006

BIOGEME

Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Demand and Market Shares

Second Workshop on Applications of Discrete Choice Models

TRISTAN VI

Michel Bierlaire

Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences

Associate Professor

Director, Transport and Mobility Laboratory

Institute of Urban and Regional Planning & Design
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Research Affiliate

Dpt of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Ma., USA

Extraordinary professor

University of Stellenbosch, South-Africa.

Expertise in Transportation Analysis, Discrete Choice Models and Operations Research.

E-mail : michel.bierlaire@epfl.ch
E-mail : mbi@mit.edu
URL (USA) : http://web.mit.edu/mbi/www/
URL (Europe) : http://rosowww.epfl.ch/mbi/
Phone : +41-21-693.25.37
Fax : +41-21-693.55.70

Mail address:
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EPFL

UpCurrent position:

Associate professor
TRANSP-OR Laboratory Transport and Mobility
Institute of Urban and Regional Planning & Design
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

UpMain publications:

International journals

Oeuvray and Bierlaire, forthcoming
Oeuvray, R. and Bierlaire, M. (to appear). A doped derivative-free algorithm, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation (accepted for publication)

Frejinger and Bierlaire, forthcoming
Frejinger, E. and Bierlaire, M. (to appear). Capturing correlation with subnetworks in route choice models, Transportation Research Part B (accepted for publication)

Bierlaire et al., forthcoming
Bierlaire, M., Thémans, M. and Axhausen, K. (to appear). Analysis of driver's response to real-time information in Switzerland, European Transport (accepted for publication)

Thévenaz et al., forthcoming
Thévenaz, Ph, Bierlaire, M. and Unser M. (to appear). A Cure to the Grid Effect and the Overlap Problem of Image Registration Based on Mutual Information, Sampling Theory in Signal and Image Processing (accepted for publication)

Oeuvray and Bierlaire, forthcoming
Oeuvray, R. and Bierlaire, M. (to appear). BOOSTERS: a derivative-free algorithm based on radial basis functions, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation (accepted for publication)

Antonini et al., 2006
Antonini, G., Bierlaire, M. and Weber, M. (2006). Discrete choice models of pedestrian walking behavior, Transportation Research Part B 40(8):667-687.
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 1.365, cited half-life: 9.4

Antonini et al., 2006
Antonini, G., Venegas, S., Bierlaire M. and Thiran J.-Ph. (2006). Behavioral priors for detection and tracking of pedestrians in video sequences, International Journal of Computer Vision 69(2):159-180.
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 2.914, cited half-life: 7.6

Oeuvray and Bierlaire, forthcoming
Oeuvray, R. and Bierlaire, M. (to appear). A new derivative-free algorithm for the medical image registration problem, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation (accepted for publication)

Daly and Bierlaire, 2006
Daly, A. and Bierlaire, M. (2006). A General and Operational Representation of Generalised Extreme Value Models,Transportation Research Part B 40(4):  285-305
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 1.365, cited half-life: 9.4

Bierlaire and Crittin, 2006
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin, F. (2006). Solving noisy large scale fixed point problems and systems of nonlinear equations, Transportation Science 40(1): 44-63.
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.926, cited half-life: >10.0

Spada et al., 2005
Spada, M., Bierlaire, M. and Liebling, Th. M. (2005). Decision-aid methodology for the school bus routing and scheduling problem, Transportation Science 39(4): 477-490.
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.926, cited half-life: >10.0

Bierlaire, 2006
Bierlaire, M. (to appear). A theoretical analysis of the cross-nested logit model, Annals of Operations Research (In press)
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.411, cited half-life: 8.6

Hess et al., 2005
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2005). Estimation of value of travel-time savings using Mixed Logit models, Transportation Research Part A, 39(3), pp. 221-236.
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.730, cited half-life: 8.5

Bierlaire and Crittin, 2004
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin, F. (2004). An efficient algorithm for real-time estimation and prediction of dynamic OD table, Operations Research 52(1).
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.803, cited half-life: 9.7

Ben-Akiva et al., 2002
Ben-Akiva, M., McFadden, D., Train, K., Walker, J., Bhat, C., Bierlaire, M., Bolduc, D., Boersch-Supan, A., Brownstone, D., Bunch, D., Daly, A., de Palma, A., Gopinath, D., Karlstrom, A. and Munizaga, M. A. (2002). Hybrid choice models: Progress and challenges. Marketing Letters 13(3): 163-175.

Bierlaire, 2002
Bierlaire, M. (2002) The total demand scale: A new measure of quality for static and dynamic origin-destination trip tables. Transportation Research Part B 36(9): 837-850. [PDF]
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 1.365, cited half-life: 9.4

Ben-Akiva et al., 2001
Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Burton, D., Koutsopoulos, H. and Mishalani, R. (2001). Network state estimation and prediction for real-time transportation management applications. Networks and Spatial Economics 1(3/4). [Abstract][Postscript]

Dellaert et al., 1998
Dellaert, B., Arentze, T., Bierlaire, M., Borgers, A. and Timmermans, H. (1998). Investigating consumers' tendency to combine multiple shopping purposes and destinations, Journal of Marketing Research 35(2): 177-188. [Abstract]

Bierlaire et al., 1997
Bierlaire, M., Lotan, T. and Toint, P. L. (1997). On the overspecification of multinomial and nested logit models due to alternative specific constants, Transportation Science 31(4): 363-371. [Postscript]
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.926, cited half-life: >10.0

Bierlaire and Toint, 1995
Bierlaire, M. and Toint, Ph. L. (1995). MEUSE: an origin-destination estimator that exploits structure, Transportation Research Part B29(1): 47-60.
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 1.365, cited half-life: 9.4

Bierlaire et al., 1991
Bierlaire, M., Toint, P. L. and Tuyttens, D. (1991). On iterative algorithms for linear least squares problems with bound constraints, Linear Algebra and its Applications 143: 111-143. [Abstract] [Postscript]
ISI 2004: Impact factor: 0.501, cited half-life: >10.0

Bierlaire, 1991
Bierlaire, M. (1991). Evaluation de la demande en trafic : quelques méthodes de distribution, Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 105(1-2): 17-66.

Book

Bierlaire, forthcoming
Bierlaire, M. (forthcoming). Introduction à l'optimisation différentiable. PPUR, Lausanne.

Book chapters

Bierlaire, 2005
Bierlaire, M. (2005). Capturing complex transportation behaviors with advanced random utility models. In H. van Zuylen (ed.) "The reliability of traveling and the robustness of transport systems", TRAIL Research School.

Hess et al., 2005b
Hess, S., Polak, J. and Bierlaire, M. (2005). Functional approximations to alternative-specific constants in time-period choice-modelling, in H. S. Mahmassani (ed.), Transportation and Traffic Theory. Flow, Dynamics and Human Interaction., chapter 28, pp.545-564. Elsevier. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory.

Hess et al., 2005
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2005). Capturing correlation and taste heterogeneity with Mixed GEV models, in R. Scarpa and A. Alberini (eds), Application of simulation methods in environmental and resource economics, Vol. 6 of The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources, Springer

Venegaz-Martinez et al., 2005
Venegas-Martinez, S., Antonini, G., Thiran, J.-Ph. and Bierlaire, M. (2005). Automatic Pedestrian Tracking Using Discrete Choice Models and Image Correlation Techniques, in Bengio and Bourlard (eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3361, pp. 341 - 348, Springer.

Ben-Akiva and Bierlaire, 2003
Ben-Akiva, M. and Bierlaire, M. (2003). Discrete choice models with applications to departure time and route choice, in R. Hall (ed.), Handbook of Transportation Science, 2nd edition, Kluwer

The Essentials of Logistics and Management

Liebling et al., 2002
Liebling, Th. M., Bierlaire, M., Crittin, F., Hêche, J.-F., Thiémard, E., Stagno, A. and Righetti, F. (2002). Modeling and simulation in logistics, in F.-L. Perret and C. Jaffeux (eds), The Essentials of Logistics and Management, EPFL Press, pp. 281--324

Transportation and Network Analysis: current trends

Ben-Akiva et al., 2002
Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Koutsopoulos, H. N. and Mishalani, R. (2002). Real-time simulation of traffic demand-supply interactions within DynaMIT, in M. Gendreau and P. Marcotte (eds), Transportation and network analysis: current trends. Miscellenea in honor of Michael Florian, pp. 19--36, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London. [Postscript] Handbook of Transportation Science

Ben-Akiva and Bierlaire, 1999
Ben-Akiva, M. and Bierlaire, M. (1999). Discrete choice methods and their applications to short-term travel decisions, in R. Hall (ed.), Handbook of Transportation Science, International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, Vol. 23 Kluwer [HTML].

ISTTT BookBottom et al., 1999
Bottom, J., Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Chabini, I., Koutsopoulos, H. and Yang, Q. (1999). Investigation of route guidance generation issues by simulation with DynaMIT, in A. Ceder (ed.), Transportation and Traffic Theory. Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, Pergamon, pp. 577-600. [HTML] NATO Book

Bierlaire, 1998
Bierlaire, M. (1998). Discrete choice models, in M. Labbé, G. Laporte, K. Tanczos and Ph. Toint (eds), Operations Research and Decision Aid Methodologies in Traffic and Transportation Management, Vol. 166 of NATO ASI Series, Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences, Springer Verlag, pp. 203-227. [Paper]

UpPhD students:

In bold, completed theses.
Frank Crittin
Title: New algorithmic methods for real-time transportation problems (2003)
Rodrigue Oeuvray
Title: Trust-region methods based on radial basis functions with applications to biomedical imaging (2005)
Gianluca Antonini
Title: A discrete choice modeling framework for pedestrian walking behavior with application to human tracking in video sequences (2005)
Michaël Thémans
Topic: Optimization algorithms for discrete choice models
Emma Frejinger
Topic: Route choice models
Ivan Spassov
Topic: Map matching for pedestrian navigation
Carolina Osorio
Topic: Simulation-based optimization for hospital management
Niklaus Eggenberg
Topic: Schedule disruption recovery for airlines

UpMain responsibilities:

Teaching and projects supervision:

Founder, oganizer and lecturer, EPFL Advanced Continuing Education Course Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Demand and Market Shares
Courses taught at EPFL:
Mathematical modeling of human behavior. Section: Mathematics (28h) [Winter 05-06]
Operations Research. Section: Civil Engineering (28h) [Summer 99][Summer 00][Summer 01][Summer 02][Summer 03]
Operations Research. Section: Communication Systems (14h) [Winter 01-02]
Optimization I. Section: Communication Systems (28h) [Winter 99-00][Winter 00-01][Winter 01-02][Winter 02-03][Winter 03-04][Winter 04-05][Winter 05-06 (merged with Opt. A)]
Optimization A. Section: Mechanical Engineering (28h) [Winter 99-00][Winter 00-01][Winter 01-02][Winter 02-03][Winter 03-04][Winter 04-05][Winter 05-06]
Optimization B. Section: Mechanical Engineering (28h) [Summer 00][Summer 01][Summer 03][Summer 05]
Complement of operational research. Section: Communication Systems (28h) [Winter 98-99]
Modelling B. Section: Mathematics (14h) [Summer 00]
Transport and Telematics. Section: Civil Engineering (3h) [Summer 00][Summer 01][Summer 02][Summer 03]
Lecturer for the Institut International de Management pour la Logistique
Module M7: Modeling and Simulation in Logistics. Resp.: Prof. Th. Liebling
[1999][2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005]
Lecturer for the Doctoral School in Discrete Systems Optimization
Topics taught
Principal investigator of research projects (see below)
Supervision of PhD students:
Carolina Osorio "Simulation-based optimization of the performance in hospital operationg suites"
Ivan Spassov "Indoor Navigation" (with Prof. B. Merminod)
Emma Frejinger "Route choice modeling"
Michaël Thémans "Development of Swiss models for transportation demand prediction in the contexte of real-time applications"
Gianluca Antonini "Behavioral model-based scene analysis" (with Prof. J.-Ph. Thiran) [Graduation: November 2005]
Rodrigue Oeuvray "Doped derivative-free algorithms for medical image registration" [Graduation: May 2005]
Michela Spada "Optimal School Bus Scheduling" (with Prof. Th. Liebling) [Graduation: September 2004]
Frank Crittin "New algorithms for the consistent route guidance generation problem" [Graduation: December 2003]
Supervision of diploma/master projects:
Olivier Gallay (2005) "Risk in Supply Chains" (with IBM Zurich Research Laboratory)
Stojanovic Jelena (2005) " Identification de sous chemins strategiques pour l'analyse de choix de route"
Frédéric Mivelaz (2004-2005) "Modèles de choix discret"
Emma Frejinger (2003-2004) "Route choice analysis using GPS data"
Emmanuel Abbé (2002-2003) "Behavioral modeling: generalized extreme value for discrete choice models" (with Prof. Ben-Akiva)
Stefan Reinmann (2002-2003) "Project Personal Video Recorder" (with Lysis)
Kaveh Bazargan (2001-2002) "Simulation et optimisation de la gestion d'une salle de réveil en milieu hospitalier" (with Geneva University Hospitals)
Nicolas Antille (2001-2002) "Modèles comportementaux de choix d'itinéraire"
Benoît Emonet (2000-2001) "Estimation and Prediction Methods of Origin-Destination Flows for Real-Time Traffic Management Systems"
Responsible of the Mobility program for the Section of Mathematics
Task: advising and evaluating exchange students

PhD committees

2006 Mark Keppens
The mobility and welfare effects of fuel taxes versus tradable fuel permits for private road transport on Flemish households
Transportation Research Institute , University of Hasselt, Belgium
2005 Gianluca Antonini (thesis supervisor)
A discrete choice modeling framework for pedestrian walking behavior with application to human tracking in video sequences
Signal Processing Institute, EPFL
2005 Muthuvel Arigovindan
Variational Reconstruction of Scalar and Vector Images from Non-uniform Samples
Biomedical Image Group, EPFL
2005 Oscar Divorra Escoda
Toward Sparse and Geometry Adapted Video Approximations
Signal Processing Institute, EPFL
2005 Asma Belgaied Hassine
Modélisation de la réponse-client et optimisation des prix
Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées aux Systèmes, Ecole Centrale de Paris.
2005 Sasha Hoogendorn-Lanser
Modelling Travel Behaviour in Multi-modal Networks
Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Section, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology
2005 Rodrigue Oeuvray (thesis supervisor)
Trust-region methods based on radial basis functions with applications to biomedical imaging
Institute of Mathematics, EPFL
2004 Jordi Casas Vilaro
Estimation of the transport demand for real-time applications
Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
2004 Alexandre Torday
Elaboration d'un système de navigation auto-alimenté (SNA) et évaluation de ses performances
Section de Génie Civil, EPFL
2004 Grégory François
Measurement-based run-to-run optimization of batch processes: application to industrial acrylamide copolymerization
Automatic Control Lab, EPFL.
2004 Michela Spada (president of the jury)
Sur la planification de tournées de véhicules scolaires
Institute of Mathematics, EPFL.
2004 Constantinos Antoniou
On-line calibration framework for dynamic traffic assignment
Dpt of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004 Fabian Bastin
Trust-region algorithms for nonlinear stochastic programming and mixed logit models
Mathematic Department, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (University of Namur), Namur, Belgium
2003 Slavica Jonic
Spline projection-based volume-to-image registration
Biomedical Image Group, EPFL
2003 Frank Crittin (thesis supervisor)
New algorithmic methods for real-time transportation problems
Institute of Mathematics, EPFL
2003 Torsten Butz
From error probability to information theoretic signal and image processing
Signal Processing Institute, EPFL
2003 M. V. Sorensen
Discrete choice models: estimation of passenger traffic
Centre for Traffic and Transport, Technical University of Denmark
2002 Dana Draghicescu
Nonparametric Quantile Estimation for Dependent Data
Institute of Mathematics, EPFL

Other responsibilities:

Editorial responsibility:
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Transportation Research Part B since 1995.
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Transportation Research Part C starting January 2006.
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of European Transport, Quarterly Journal of Transport Law, Economics and Engineering
Paper reviewing responsibilities:
Transportation Research Part B
Transportation Research Part C
Transportation Science
Journal of Mathematical Programming
Operations Research
European Journal of Operational Research
Networks and spatial economics
Transportation Research Record
Project reviewing responsibilities:
External expert for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Project: Industrial Research Chair on Logistics Management. Montréal, July 21, 2005.
Lecturer for the following courses
Member of the Council of the Association for European Transport
Conferences organization
French-Switzerland Operations Research Postgrade Program [3ième cycle romand de recherche opérationnelle]
Member since 1998
President since March 2001.
Member of the jury for Landry Price at EPFL
Member of expert commissions of the Association of Swiss Road and Traffic Engineers 1999-2001
Objectives: evaluation of research projects, design of norms
Member of the Groupe Romand de Télématique (Romand Telematic Group) since 1999.
Objectives: promotion of research and teaching about telematics in Switzerland
Member of the Swiss Operations Research Society since 1999

UpResearch projects:

Principal investigator of the following sponsored projects:

In bold, ongoing projects
Schedule disruption recovery for airlines
Objectives: development of a software product dedicated to airlines and providing solutions to recover from schedule disruptions with minimum cost.
Sponsor: Commision pour la technologie et de l'innovation, Office Fédéral de la formation professionnelle et de la technologie.
Period: 2 years
Collaboration: APM Technologies SA
Einbezug von Reisekosten bei der Modellierung des Mobilitätsverhalten (Analysis of travel costs in mobility behavior models)
Objectives: development of route choice models from RP and SP data
Sponsor: Swiss Federal Road Office
Period: November 2005 - February 2007
Collaboration: Prof. Axhausen (IVT, ETHZ), Prog. Maggi (Istituto Ricerche Economiche, Università della Svizzera Italiana).
Research assistants: Emma Frejinger, Jelena Stojanovic
SOPHOS: Simulation-based Optimization of the Performance in Hospital Operating Suites
Objectives: design an optimization framework for the operation suites in hospitals, using simulation tools
Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
Period: December 2005 - November 2007
Collaboration: Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève
Research assistant: Carolina Osorio
Development of route choice models
Objectives: design new discrete choice models capturing route choice behavior
Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
Period: May 2005 - April 2008
Research assistant: Emma Frejinger
Projet LGV Rhin-Rhone. Etudes économiques et sicio-économiques des branches est, ouest et sud.
Objectives: expertise support in demand modeling using discrete choice models with stated preference data
Sponsor: Réseau ferré de France
Period: April 2004 - November 2004
Collaboration: STRATEC
Optimization methods for advanced discrete choice models
Objectives: development of optimization algorithms designed for the maximum likelihood estimation of advanced discrete choice models where the objective function is singular, and non-trivial constraints are imposed on the parameters.
Period: April 2004 - March 2007
Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
Research assistant: M. Thémans
Enseignement orienté projet assisté par ordinateur (Computer assisted and Project-oriented teaching)
Objectives: Develop appropriate case studies for teaching optimization to mechanical engineers
Period: April 2004 - March 2006
Sponsor: Fonds d'innovation de la formation de l'EPFL
Research assistant: E. Frejinger
Collaboration:: D. Favraz, F. Maréchal, LENI, EPFL
Modèles de prévisions de vente (Sales forecasting models)
Objectives: develop forecasting models for sales of various products, such as printers.
Period: April 2004 - May 2004
Sponsor: infoSource S.A.
Research assistant: S. Naizot, E. Frejinger
Organisation des tournées de bus (Planning of school bus pick-up services)
Objectives: develop a prototype of a decision-aiding system for the bus scheduling problem.
Period: February 2004-March 2004
Sponsor: Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande
Research assistant: M. Spada, M. Tsukahara
TIMS: Tourism Instant Marketing and Shopping
Objectives: Develop a simulation tool to assess dynamic pricing and yield management strategies in ski resorts
Period: October 2003 - December 2003
Sponsor: Commision pour la technologie et de l'innovation, Office Fédéral de la formation professionnelle et de la technologie.
Research assistant: S. Naizot
Collaboration: Groupe de compétence économie et tourisme, HEVs Sierre
SIMBAD: Simulation-Based Automatic Detection
Objectives: Develop a model-based detection system where the scene analysis is supported by a crowd simulator.
Period: October 2002 - September 2004
Sponsor: Commision pour la technologie et de l'innovation, Office Fédéral de la formation professionnelle et de la technologie.
Project manager: M. Weber
Collaboration: Visiowave S.A., Dr. Thiran (LTS-EPFL)
Simulation du bloc opératoire et de la salle de réveil [Simulation of the surgery block]
Objectives: Design and implement a model to simulate the operations of the surgery block in the Geneva Hospital.
Period: April 2002 - March 2004
Sponsor: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Collaboration: Dr. Garnerin (HUG)
Research assistant: Ch. Weibel (ROSO-EPFL)
Behavioral model-based scene analysis
Objectives: Development of disaggregate behavior model for scene analysis in the context of video surveillance.
Period: July 2002 - June 2005
Sponsor: NCCR Interactive Multimodal Information Management
Collaboration: Dr. Thiran (LTS-EPFL)
Research assistant: G. Antonini
Structure and use of human activity spaces
Objectives: Use of GPS-based data to address three fundamental behavioural questions: (i) size, structure and orientation of the individual activity spaces, (ii) frequency and amplitude of the rhythms of visits to different locations, including their competition and (iii) form of the rules of route choice behaviour.
Sponsor: ETHZ-EPFL
Research assistant: S. Naizot
Collaboration: Prof. Axhausen (IVT, ETHZ).
Développement de modèles suisses de prédiction de la demande en transport pour des applications en temps réel [Development of Swiss models for transportation demand prediction in the contexte of real-time applications]
Objectives: Development of operational disagregate demand models for efficient dynamic traffic management systems.
Sponsor: VSS (Association of Swiss Road and Traffic Engineers)
Research assistant: M. Thémans
Collaboration: Prof. Axhausen (IVT, ETHZ), A. Robert-Grandpierre (Bureau d'ingénieurs RGR-SA), P Widmer (Büro Widmer, Frauenfeld)
Doped derivative-free algorithms for medical image registration
Objectives: Design of a new class of derivative-free algorithms exploiting some derivative information, customized for the image registration problem.
Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
Period: April 2002-March 2005
Research assistant: R. Oeuvray
Collaboration: Ph. Thévenaz (Biomedical Image Group, EPFL), J.-Ph. Thiran (Signal Processing Laboratory, EPFL)
New algorithms for the consistent route guidance generation problem
Objectives: Development of new algorithms to solve the route guidance generation problem, based on several formulations of the problem, combining a fixed-point approach with an optimization approach.
Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation
Period: April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2004
Collaboration: M. Ben-Akiva (MIT)
Research assistant: F. Crittin
Development and Evaluation of DynaMIT, a real-time Dynamic Traffic Assignment system for traffic prediction and guidance generation
Objectives: Collaborate with MIT for the development and evaluation of DynaMIT, a Dynamic Traffic Assignment Sytem (DTA) that supports real-time applications such as dynamic route guidance and adaptive traffic control.
Sponsor: Intelligent Transportation Systems Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Period: October 1998-October 2001
Collaboration: M. Ben-Akiva (MIT)
Research assistants: F. Crittin
Algorithmes d'optimisation performants pour le recalage rigide d'images en radiochirurgie et en radiothérapie stéréotaxique fractionnée assistées par ordinateur [Efficient optimization algorithms for rigid image registration in computer-assisted fractional stereotaxic radiosurgery and radiotherapy]
Objectives: Development and adaptations of efficient optimisation algorithms dedicated to brain images registration.
Sponsor: Fonds UNIL-EPFL
Period: March 2001-March 2002
Research assistant: R. Oeuvray
Collaboration: Dr. Pica (Chef de clinique, Service de Radio-Oncologie, CHUV)
Plan de gestion du trafic: Etude pilote pour la Suisse Occidentale [Trafic management plan: pilot survey in Western Switzerland]
Objectives: Implementation and evaluation of a real-time traffic prediction model for the Western Switzerland highway network.
Sponsor: Swiss Federal Roads Office
Period: May 2001-May 2002
Research assistant: C. Antoniou
Collaboration: C. Antoniou (Research Assistant, Dpt. of Mathematics, EPFL), A. Robert-Grandpierre (Bureau d'ingénieurs RGR-SA)
PAPABILES
Objectives: Evaluation of a traffic control system in Lausanne, using MITSIM Laboratory, a state-of-the-art simulation tool developed by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sponsor: Etat de Vaud
Period: March 2000-August 2000 and March 2001-August 2001
Collaborator: A. Torday, Prof. Dumont, Dr Mattenberger, Dpt of Civil Engineering, EPFL.
Optimisation de grande taille sans dérivée [Large-scale derivate-frere optimization]
Objectives: Develop a new research track in large-scale derivative-free optimization
Sponsor: EPFL
Period: 2000-2001
Research assistant: F. Crittin

Non-funded research projects:

Theoretical and algorithmic developments for discrete choice models
Objectives: Analyzing sophisticated discrete choice models and designing the tools to investigate their properties.
Collaborator: Prof. Ben-Akiva (Dpt of Civil Engineering, MIT)
Diploma project: Emmanuel Abbé (2002-2003) "Behavioral modeling: generalized extreme value for discrete choice models"
Empirical analysis of discrete choice models
Objectives: Analyzing discrete choice models based on real data.
Collaborators: S. Ramming, Prof. Ben-Akiva (Dpt of Civil Engineering, MIT), Prof. Axhausen (IVT, ETHZ)
Diploma projects:Emma Frejinger (2003-2004) "Route choice analysis using GPS data", Nicolas Antille (2001-2002) "Modèles comportementaux de choix d'itinéraire"
Real-Time OD matrix estimation and prediction
Objectives: Development of new models and algorithms for the estimation and prediction of OD matrices in the context of real-time traffic management systems.
Collaborators: Prof. Ben-Akiva (Dpt of Civil Engineering, MIT), F. Crittin (Research Assistant, Dpt. of Mathematics, EPFL)
Diploma Project: B. Emonet (2001) "Estimation and Prediction Methods of Origin-Destination Flows for Real-Time Traffic Management Systems"
Optimal School Bus Scheduling
Objectives: Design, implement and test heuristics to solve the school bud scheduling problem.
Collaborators: Prof. Th. Liebling (Dpt of Mathematics, EPFL), M. Spada (Research Assistant, Dpt. of Mathematics, EPFL)

Up Patent

O. Divorra Escoda, P. Vandergheynst, M. Bierlaire, J. Reichel and F. Ziliani. Video coding method of exploiting the temporal redundancy between successive frames in a video sequence. EU Patent No PCT/IB03/06141 Filed December 2003.

UpOther publications:

Conference proceedings

Bierlaire and Thémans, 2005.
Bierlaire, M. and Thémans, M. (2005) Algorithmic developments for the estimate of advanced discrete choice models. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.
Hess et al., 2005a
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2005) Mixed GEV modelling of mode-choice, Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland
Bierlaire and Frejinger, 2005
Bierlaire, M. and Frejinger, E. (2005) Route choice models with subpath components. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland
Hess et al., 2005b
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M., and Polak, J. (2005) Discrete mixtures of GEV models. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland
Bierlaire and Thémans, 2005b
Bierlaire, M. and Thémans, M. (2005) Development of Swiss models for transportation demand prediction in response to real-time information. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland
Hess et al., 2005c
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2005) Interpretation of counter-intuitively signed value of travel-time saving estimates. Proceedings of the Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland
Hess et al., 2005d
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2005). Capturing taste heterogeneity and correlation structure with mixed gev models. Paper to be presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington.
Hess et al., 2005e
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2005). Estimation of value of travel- time savings using mixed logit models. Paper to be presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washing- ton D.C.
Antonini et al., 2004
Antonini G., Venegas S., Thiran J. and Bierlaire M (2004). A discrete choice pedestrian behavior model for pedestrian detection in visual tracking systems, Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, Brussels, Belgium
Axhausen et al., 2004
Axhausen, K., König, A., Abay, G. Bates, J.J. and Bierlaire, M. (2004) Swiss Value of Travel Time Savings, Proceedings of the European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, France.
Venegas et al., 2004
S. Venegas, G. Antonini, J. Thiran and M. Bierlaire (2004) Bayesian Integration of a Discrete Choice Pedestrian Behavioral Model and Image Correlation Techniques for Automatic Multi Object Tracking, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP2004, Singapore, October 2004
Hess et al., 2004
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2004). Development and application of a mixed cross- nested logit model, Proceedings of the XXIth European Transport Conference, Strasbourg.
Bierlaire, 2004
Bierlaire, M. (2004). Estimation et prédiction en temps-réel de tables origine-destination, in M. Aron, F. Boillot and J.-P. Lebacque (eds), Modélisation du trafic - Actes du Groupe de Travail 2002, Les collections de l'INRETS, pp. 31-42.
Antonini et al., 2004
G. Antonini, S. Venegas, J. Thiran and M. Bierlaire (2004) A discrete choice pedestrian behavior model for pedestrian detection in visual tracking systems, Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, ACIVS 2004, Brussels, Belgium, September 2004
Venegas et al., 2004
S. Venegas, G. Antonini, J. Thiran and M. Bierlaire (2004) Bayesian Integration of a Discrete Choice Pedestrian Behavioral Model and Image Correlation Techniques for Automatic Multi Object Tracking, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP2004, Singapore, October 2004
Hess et al., 2004a
Hess, S., Bierlaire, M. and Polak, J. (2004). Development and application of a mixed cross- nested logit model, Proceedings of the XXIth European Transport Conference, Strasbourg.
Hess et al., 2004b
Hess, S., Polak, J. and Bierlaire, M. (2004). Development of a mixed cross- nested logit model with an application to mode choice modelling. Paper presented at the 10th triennial World Conference on Transportation Research, Istanbul, Turkey.
Spada et al., 2003
Spada, M., Bierlaire, M. and Liebling Th. (2003). School bus routing and scheduling problem, in Leopold-Wildburger, U., Rendl, F. and Wäscher, G. (eds). Operations Research Proceedings 2002, Springer.
Spada et al., 2003
Spada M., Bierlaire, M. and Liebling, Th. (2003). Decision-aid Methodology for the School Bus Routing and Scheduling Problem , Proceedings of the 3rd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.
Crittin and Bierlaire, 2003
Crittin, F. and Bierlaire, M. (2003). A generalization of secant methods for solving nonlinear systems of equations , Proceedings of the 3rd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.
Bierlaire, 2003
Bierlaire, M. (2003). BIOGEME: A free package for the estimation of discrete choice models , Proceedings of the 3rd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.
Schönfelder et al. (2002)
Schönfelder, S., Axhausen, K., Antille, N. and Bierlaire, M. (2002). Exploring the potentials of automatically collected {GPS} data for travel behaviour analysis - a swedish data source, in J. Möltgen and A. Wytzisk (eds), GI-Technologien für Verkehr und Logistik, number 13 in IfGIprints, Institut für Geoinformatik, Universität Münster, Münster, pp. 155--179.
Bierlaire, 2002
Bierlaire, M. (2002). The network GEV model, Proceedings of the 2nd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [PDF]
Bierlaire and Crittin, 2002
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin, F. (2002). An efficient algorithm for real-time estimation and prediction of dynamic OD table, Proceedings of the 2nd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.
Torday, Bierlaire and Baumann, 2002
Torday, A., Bierlaire, M. and Baumann, D. (2002). Simulation-based evaluation on the impact of telematics in the lausanne area - a pilot study, Proceedings of the 2nd Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland.
Bierlaire and Crittin, 2002
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin, F. (2002). LSQR algorithm for real-time OD estimation and prediction, Proceedings of the First Greek Transportation Research Conference.
Bierlaire, 2001
Bierlaire, M. (2001). A general formulation of the cross-nested logit model, Proceedings of the 1st Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [Download from STRC site]
Bierlaire et al., 2001
Bierlaire, M., Axhausen, K. and Abay, G. (2001). Acceptance of modal innovation: the case of the Swissmetro, Proceedings of the 1st Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [Download from STRC site]
Crittin and Bierlaire, 2001
Crittin, F. and Bierlaire, M. (2001). New algorithmic approaches for the anticipatory guidance generation problem, Proceedings of the 1st Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [Download from STRC site]
Torday and Bierlaire, 2001
Torday, A. and Bierlaire, M. (2001). PAPABILES: simulation-based evaluation of the impact of telematics in the lausanne area: a pilot study, Proceedings of the 1st Swiss Transportation Research Conference, Ascona, Switzerland. [Download from STRC site]
Ben-Akiva et al., 2000
Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Burton, D., Koutsopoulos, H. and Mishalani, R. (2000). Simulated-based tools for dynamic traffic assignment: DynaMIT and applications, Proceedings of ITS America 10th annual Meeting, Boston, May 1-4, 2000.
Ben-Akiva et al., 1998
Ben-Akiva, M. E., Bierlaire, M., Koutsopoulos, H. N. and Mishalani, R. G. (1998a). DynaMIT: a simulation-based system for traffic prediction, Proceedings of the DACCORD Short-Term forecasting workshop.
Antoniou et al., 1997
Antoniou, C., Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M. and Mishalani, R. (1997). Demand simulation for dynamic traffic assignment, Proceedings of the 8th IFAC Symposium on Transportation Systems, Chania, Greece.
Ashok et al., 1997
Ashok, K., Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Chachich, A., Hotz, A., Koutsopoulos, H., Mishalani, R. and Yang.Q (1997). Tools for design and operations of dynamic traffic management systems, Proceedings of the Third Annual World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, Orlando, Florida.
Ben-Akiva et al., 1997
Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Bottom, J., Koutsopoulos, H. N. and Mishalani, R. G. (1997). Development of a route guidance generation system for real-time application, Proceedings of the 8th IFAC Symposium on Transportation Systems, Chania, Greece.

Technical reports

Frejinger and Bierlaire (2006)
Frejinger, E. and Bierlaire, M. (2006). Capturing correlation in large-scale route choice models, Technical report RO-060106, Operations Research Group ROSO, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bierlaire et al. (2006)
Bierlaire, M., Crittin, F. and Thémans, M. (2006). A multi-iterate method to solve systems of nonlinear equations, Technical report RO-060105, Operations Research Group ROSO, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bierlaire et al. (2006)
Bierlaire, M., Thémans, M. and Axhausen, K. (2006). Analysis of driver's response to real-time information in Switzerland, Technical report RO-060104, Operations Research Group ROSO, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fosgerau and Bierlaire (2005)
M. Fosgerau and M. Bierlaire (2005) A practical test for the choice of mixing distribution in discrete choice models. Technical Report RO-051205, EPFL, December 2005.
Divorra Escoda et al. (2004)
O. Divorra Escoda, P. Vandergheynst and M. Bierlaire (2004) Video Representation Using Greedy Approximations Over Redundant Parametric Dictionaries, Technical Report 19/2004, Signal Processing Laboratory, EPFL, September 2004
Antonini et al., 2004
G. Antonini, M. Bierlaire and M. Weber (2004) Discrete Choice Models of Pedestrian Behavior Submitted to Transportation Research Part B
Antonini et al., 2004
G. Antonini, S. Venegas, M. Bierlaire and J. Thiran (2004) Behavioral priors for detection and tracking of pedestrians in video sequences. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Computer Vision
Bierlaire, M.
Estimation et prédiction en temps-réel de tables origine-destination Technical Report RO-040504, EPFL, May 2004
Bierlaire and Crittin, 2004
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin, F. A class of multi-iterate methods to solve systems of nonlinear equations Technical report, RO-040319, EPFL, March 2004
Oeuvray and Bierlaire, 2004a
Oeuvray, R. and Bierlaire, M. (2004) A New Derivative-free Algorithm for the Medical Image Registration Problem, Technical report RO-040731, EPFL, July 2004
Oeuvray and Bierlaire, 2004b
Oeuvray, R. and Bierlaire, M. (2004) Performance evaluation of BOOSTERS, Technical report RO-041207, EPFL, July 2004
Bierlaire et al., 2003
Bierlaire, M., Bolduc, D. and McFadden, D. (2003) Characteristics of generalized extreme value distributions. Technical report Econometrics Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
Daly and Bierlaire, 2003
Daly, A. and Bierlaire, M. (2003) A general and operational representation of GEV models, Technical report RO-030502 Institute of Mathematics, Operations Research Group ROSO, EPFL, Switzerland.
Oeuvray and Bierlaire, 2003
BOOSTERS: a derivative-free algorithm based on radial basis functions, Technical Report ROSO-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bierlaire and Crittin, 2002
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin F. (2003) A generalization of secant methods for solving systems of nonlinear equations, Technical Report, ROSO, Swiss Institute of Techonlogy, Lausanne.
Schoenfelder et al., 2002
Schoenfelder, S., Axhausen, K.W., Antille, N. and Bierlaire, M. (2002) Exploring the potentials of automatically collected GPS data for travel behaviour analysis A Swedish data source, Arbeitsberichte Verkehr- und Raumplanung, 124, IVT, ETH, Zuerich.
Spada et al., (2003)
Spada, M., Bierlaire, M. and Liebling Th. M. (2003). Decision-aid methodology for the school bus routing and scheduling problem, Technical Report, Swiss Insitute of Technology, Lausanne, ROSO-IMA-FSB-EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne.
Oeuvray and Bierlaire, 2002
Oeuvray, R. and Bierlaire, M. (2002). On the differentiability of the MI estimator for medical image registration, Technical Report RO-020403, Swiss Insitute of Technology, Lausanne, ROSO-IMA-FSB-EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne.
Bierlaire, 2001
Bierlaire, M. (2001). A theoretical analysis of the cross-nested logit model, Technical Report RO-011218, Swiss Insitute of Technology, Lausanne, ROSO-DMA-EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne.
Bierlaire and Crittin, 2001
Bierlaire, M. and Crittin, F. (2001). An efficient algorithm for real-time estimation and prediction of dynamic OD tables, Technical Report RO-010808, Swiss Insitute of Technology, Lausanne, ROSO-DMA-EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne.
Torday, Bierlaire and Dumont, 2001
Torday, A., Bierlaire M. and Dumont A.-G. (2001). Simulation-based evaluation of the impact of variable speed limit signs on capacity and user safety, Technical Report, EPFL. Paper published in Traffic Technology International.
Benvenuti et al., 2001
Benvenuti, G., Halary-Wagner, E., Hoffman, P. and Bierlaire, M. (2001). Highly uniform impinging rate for chemical molecular beams, Technical report, EPFL.
Bierlaire, 2000
Bierlaire, M. (2000) The total demand scale: A new measure of quality for static and dynamic origin-destination trip tables, Technical Report RO-000601, ROSO-DMA-EPFL Swiss Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne. Accepted for publication in Transportation Research B.
Ben-Akiva et al., 2000
Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., Koutsopoulos, H. and Mishalani, R. (2000). Real time simulation of traffic demand-supply interactions within DynaMIT, Technical Report RO-000301, ROSO-DMA-EPFL Swiss Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne.
Bierlaire et al., 2000
Bierlaire, M., Mishalani, R. and Ben-Akiva, M. (2000). General framework for dynamic demand simulation, Technical Report RO-000223, ROSO-DMA-EPFL Swiss Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne.
Ben-Akiva et al., 1998
Ben-Akiva, M. E., Bierlaire, M., Koutsopoulos, H. N. and Mishalani, R. G. (1998). Dynamit: a simulation-based system for traffic prediction and guidance generation, Paper presented at TRISTAN III, San Juan, Porto Rico.
Bierlaire, 1995a
Bierlaire, M. (1995a). Enquêtes de préférences révélées et déclarées concernant le choix modal des voyageurs du corridor Lisbonne-Porto-Braga, Enquête réalisée pour Tractebel Development.
Bierlaire, 1995b
Bierlaire, M. (1995b). Préférences déclarées des étudiants de licences pour les choix des cours à option. Année académique 1994-1995, Technical Report 95/11, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP.
Bierlaire, 1995c
Bierlaire, M. (1995c). A robust algorithm for the simultaneous estimation of hierarchical logit models, GRT Report 95/3, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP. [PS]
Bierlaire and Vandevyvere, 1995d
Bierlaire, M. and Vandevyvere, Y. (1995). HieLoW: the interactive user's guide, Transportation Research Group - FUNDP, Namur.
Dellaert et al., 1995
Dellaert, B., Arentze, T., Bierlaire, M., Borgers, A. and Timmermans, H. (1995) A multi-purpose multi-stop model of consumer shopping centre choice, Technical reportDpt of Marketing, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Bierlaire, 1994
Bierlaire, M. (1994). HieLoW : un logiciel d'estimation de modèles logit emboî tés, Les cahiers du MET 2: 29-43.
Bierlaire and Toint, 1994
Bierlaire, M. and Toint, P. (1994). MEUSE : un estimateur de matrice origine/destination qui exploite la structure, Les cahiers du MET 5: 69-87.
Bierlaire et al., 1993
Bierlaire, M., Burton, D. and Lotan, T. (1993). On the behavioural aspects of modal choice, Technical Report 93/22, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP.
Bierlaire, 1992a
Bierlaire, M. (1992a). Analyse d'un service gratuit de transport en commun lié à une surface commerciale : le bus sarma entre namur et jambes, Rapport GRT 92/06, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP.
Bierlaire, 1992b
Bierlaire, M. (1992b). Séminaire AGIR : Stated preferences ou analyse des choix exprimés, Rapport GRT 15, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP.
Bierlaire and Toint, 1991
Bierlaire, M. and Toint, P. L. (1991). Les modèles de trafic : fonctionnement et applications, Cahiers de l'Urbanisme.
Bierlaire and Toint, 1990a
Bierlaire, M. and Toint, P. L. (1990a). La circulation à Namur: projets d'aménagement, GEC Report 90/14, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium.
Bierlaire and Toint, 1990b
Bierlaire, M. and Toint, P. L. (1990b). Une approche de l'importance relative des parkings au centre de Namur, GEC Report 90/1, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur, Belgium.
Bierlaire and Cornelis, 1989
Bierlaire, M. and Cornelis, E. (1989). Etude de l'impact sur la circulation de l'implantation des bureaux de la Région Wallonne à Jambes, GRT Report 89/12, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP.
Bierlaire et al., 1989
Bierlaire, M., Burton, D. and Thiry, S. (1989). Le contournement de Couvin: étude préliminaire, TRG Report 89/11, Department of Mathematics, FUNDP.
Bierlaire, 1988
Bierlaire, M. (1988). Résolution de moindres carrés linéaires creux avec contraintes de bornes, Master's thesis, FUNDP -- Faculté des Sciences.

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ROSO

1998-2006 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Position:
Maître d'enseignement et de recherche
Operations Research Group ROSO
Institute of Mathematics
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Main responsibilities:
Principal investigator of research projects
Supervision of Master and PhD theses
Teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels

MIT

1995-1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Position:
Research Associate - Project Manager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Intelligent Transportation Systems Program
3 Cambridge Center, Suite #208
Cambridge, Ma
Main responsibilities:
Management of the Dynamic Traffic Assignment project, funded by FHWA's Department of Transportation through Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Design and development of DynaMIT
Co-supervision of Masters and Ph.D. students
Preparation, with Pr. D. Veneziano, of a revised version of the course 1.010 Uncertainty in Engineering of the MIT CEE undergraduate program
Preparation and negociation of research proposals

1988-1995 Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix

Position:
Research Associate
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
Department of Mathematics
Transportation Research Group
Namur, Belgium
Main responsibilities:
Implementation of a decision-aid tool to analyze the impact of land-use policies on the performance of urban traffic networks
Research, teaching and development in transportation modelling, with special focus on transportation demand models
Design and development of HieLoW, a graphical software package for the estimation of nested logit models

1990-1997 Institut de Formation International en Transport (International Institute for Transportation Education)

Position:
Lecturer
Topics taught:
Demand models, including OD matrix estimation and discrete choice models
Supply models, including deterministic and stochastic network assignment and network equilibrium
Traffic flow theory, including flow-density relationship and modeling of intersections with and without traffic lights

Consulting activities

2003 Collaboration with RS Consulting, London, UK.

Developement of discrete choice models for the analysis of the printers market.

2003 Collaboration with Institut für Verkehrsplanung und Transportsysteme (Institute for Transport Planning and Systems), ETHZ (Swiss Institute of Technology, Zuerich)

External expert for the design of stated preferences surveys and developement ofroute choice and mode choice models for the evaluation of value-of-time in Switzerland

1995 Collaboration with Tractebel Development S.A.

Design of revealed and stated preferences surveys for a demand analysis in the Lisboa-Porto-Braga corridor, in Portugal. Estimation of modal choice models.

1991 Collaboration with Stratec, S.A.

Involvement in a traffic study for the City of Namur, including the calibration of a SATURN model and the evaluation of several transportations projects.

FUNDP

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Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences (1996)
Title:

Mathematical models for transportation demand analysis [Postscript][PDF]

Annex thesis:

Stated preference techniques allow a formal analysis of the behavior of individuals making choices in hypothetical situations

Granted grade: Highest Honour with the congratulations of the Jury
Members of the Jury :
  • Pr. M. Ben-Akiva, Full Professor at the Center for Transportation Studies, MIT, Cambridge.
  • Pr. J. Henrard, Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur.
  • Pr. J. Polak , Head of the Centre for Transport Studies, Inperial College, London.
  • Pr. J.-P. Thiran, Head of the Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur.
  • Pr. Ph. Toint (supervisor), Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics, FUNDP, Namur.
Institution:
Transportation Research Group
Department of Mathematics
Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
Namur, Belgium

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