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Destination choice in daily activity travel: the mental map’s repertoire
No full textIn order to improve the behavioral realism of activity-based travel demand models, a deeper understanding of individual’s travel decision process is needed. Therefore, this research project aims at revealing the variety of critical spatial factors in an individual’s mental map which influence daily activity travel (AT) behavior. A qualitative travel survey and in-depth interviews are used to identify spatial factors that appear in respondents’ destination choice decisions when discussing their daily activity space. Recorded interviews are processed with specialized software for qualitative data analysis (ATLAS.ti). First, representative IF-THEN(-ELSE)-heuristics used by respondents are identified and framed within the daily AT decision process and classified in a script network view. In addition, occurring spatial elements are indicated. To conclude, this article suggests a new “script” approach to grasp the behavioral mechanisms present in daily AT decisions and argues that further research along this line would contribute to the understanding of the impact of travel demand measures (TDM) and its assessment in activitybased travel demand models by means of an agent-based computational process model
Destination choice in daily activity travel: the mental map’s repertoire
No full textIn order to improve the behavioral realism of activity-based travel demand models, a deeper understanding of individual’s travel decision process is needed. Therefore, this research project aims at revealing the variety of critical spatial factors in an individual’s mental map which influence daily activity travel (AT) behavior. A qualitative travel survey and in-depth interviews are used to identify spatial factors that appear in respondents’ destination choice decisions when discussing their daily activity space. Recorded interviews are processed with specialized software for qualitative data analysis (ATLAS.ti). First, representative IF-THEN(-ELSE)-heuristics used by respondents are identified and framed within the daily AT decision process and classified in a script network view. In addition, occurring spatial elements are indicated. To conclude, this article suggests a new “script” approach to grasp the behavioral mechanisms present in daily AT decisions and argues that further research along this line would contribute to the understanding of the impact of travel demand measures (TDM) and its assessment in activitybased travel demand models by means of an agent-based computational process model
Research-by-design framework for integrating education and research in an intercultural parallel design studio
No full textIntercultural student exchange can positively impact education, research, and society. Research-by-design has been put forward in design education as an approach to explicitly address the integration of education and research. The problem is that design schools develop their own interpretation of this approach, which brings difficulty in virtually comparing and learning from the generated design proposals. This case is evident in intercultural parallel design studios that deal with diverging socio-cultural and institutional traditions. In addressing this problem and maximizing the benefits of intercultural exchange, this study proposes to adopt a meta perspective and use the design as co-evolution model as a framework for analyzing and comparing design data generated by different research-by-design approaches. The study applies this meta perspective on an intercultural architectural design studio jointly organized by Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam) and Hasselt University (Belgium)
Modeling multiple meanings of mental maps
No full textIn this paper, the "mental map" concept is positioned with regard to individual travel behavior to start with. Based on Ogden and Richards' triangle of meaning (1966) distinct thoughts, referents and symbols originating from different scientific disciplines are identified and explained. Furthermore, this research addresses the use and relevance of these constructs to understand and model individual travel demand, and specifies them using two computational models, i.e. Bayesian Inference Networks (BIN) and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM)
Modeling multiple meanings of mental maps
No full textIn this paper, the "mental map" concept is positioned with regard to individual travel behavior to start with. Based on Ogden and Richards' triangle of meaning (1966) distinct thoughts, referents and symbols originating from different scientific disciplines are identified and explained. Furthermore, this research addresses the use and relevance of these constructs to understand and model individual travel demand, and specifies them using two computational models, i.e. Bayesian Inference Networks (BIN) and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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