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Table 3 Description of the key variables of the discrete BN (N = 2,783)
From: Examining the factors influencing microtransit users’ next ride decisions using Bayesian networks
Variable | Definition | Levels | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Occurrence_nr | Category of user’s next ride occurrence | \(\le 1\) day | 71.8 |
\(2-7\) days | 19.4 | ||
\(\ge 7\) days | 5.6 | ||
Not utilize anymore | 3.2 | ||
OD_pair | Class of user’s origin–destination pair | od_pair 1 (Arlon-Limpersberg) | 7.1 |
od_pair 2 (Habay to Luxembourg) | 2.2 | ||
od_pair 3 (Arlon-Kirchberg) | 24.5 | ||
od_pair 4 (Arlon-Luxembourg) | 61.4 | ||
od_pair 5 (within Luxembourg) | 4.8 | ||
Is_morning | 1 if the ride is in the morning and 0 otherwise | 49.0 | |
Is_peak | 1 if the vehicle departure time is during peak hours and 0 otherwise | 70.0 | |
Is_august | 1 if the ride occurred in August and 0 otherwise | 20.5 | |
Is_holiday | 1 if the day after the ride is a public holiday and 0 otherwise | 19.4 | |
Is_first | 1 if the ride is a user’s first ride and 0 otherwise | 4.7 | |
T_Kussbus | User’s journey time using Kussbus | \(\le\) 41 | 23.9 |
\(>\) 41 and \(\le\) 52.1 | 43.2 | ||
\(>\) 52.1 and \(\le\) 64 | 22.8 | ||
\(>\) 64 | 10.1 | ||
T_diff | Journey time difference between Kussbus and a car (minutes) | \(\le\) 2.5 | 39.8 |
\(>\) 2.5 and \(\le\) 14.7 | 39.4 | ||
\(>\) 14.7 and \(\le\) 25.9 | 15.8 | ||
> 25.9 | 5.0 | ||
Walk_dist | Total walking distance between user’s origin/destination and Kussbus stops (km) | < 0.4 | 50.8 |
> 0.4 and \(\le\) 0.8 | 39.5 | ||
> 0.8 | 9.7 | ||
Is_free | 1 if this ride is free and 0 otherwise | 42.8 | |
Isfree_next_ride | 1 if the next ride is free and 0 otherwise | 41.2 |