Can mixed logit reveal the actual data generating process? Some implications for environmental assessment

Recent advances in the specification of the utility function of mixed logit models allow the analyst, in principle, to consider a vast variety of individual heterogeneity. Nevertheless, when estimating the model it is common practice to experience severe difficulties in discriminating between different specifications to infer the “true” data generating process. We investigate possible sources for this difficulty focusing on the confounding effects inherent in two basic assumptions of discrete choice model utilities: linearity in the parameters and added error terms. We analyse the role of these assumptions in giving rise to confounding effects and why this increases the difficulty of discriminating among different structures. Finally, we investigate how these problems may affect benefit appraisal using these models. Empirical evidence is provided for two different environmental contexts and a more typical transport context using various kinds of data.     

桥梁支座典型病害分析及对策

随着桥梁建设的飞速发展和荷载等级的不断提高,支座也被广泛地使用于桥梁中,同时也出现了支座使用、安装和耐久性问题等等,这些问题都是影响结构安全性和耐久性的重要因素,需要通过科学手段、方法加以诊断、评价。     

二尖瓣脱垂综合征患者QT离散度分析

测定了30例二尖瓣脱垂综合征伴室性心律失常患者的QTd。结果发现，二尖瓣脱垂组QTd、QTcd、JTd显著延长，说明心室肌复极有局部的不均一性和电不稳定性，离散度与室性心律失常的发生密切相关，可能是室性心律失常发生的机理之一。QTd不仅能预测室性心律失常及猝死，而且能指导临床用药，是一很好的临床观察指标。     

结合均值导纳法的声呐腔自噪声统计能量分析

讨论了湍流边界层激励下声呐腔自噪声统计能量分析.采用圆柱一圆板组合结构模拟艏部声呐罩,重点讨论了湍流边界层输入功率计算,及利用均值导纳法求解多耦合结构之间的直接耦合损耗因子及间接耦合损耗因子,给出了详细的理论推导,最后给出了具体的算例.分析结果可作为湍流边界层激励下声呐腔自噪声工程估算的参考.     

Review and assessment of the nested logit model

The popular hierarchical or nested logit model that has been the recent source of heated discussions in the literature is reviewed and critically examined. The fundamental underpinnings of the model are first presented in a concise and easy-to-understand fashion and then used to assess each controversy in turn. Monte Carlo simulation is also used to examine some problems that are not possible to address by just resorting to the theory. The main conclusion is that all the model hypotheses are both essential and unambiguous and should not be ignored for a correct use of the model in practice.     

Carrier冷藏集装箱微电脑控制器常见故障及检测

本文阐述了Carrier冷藏集装箱微电脑控制器常见的不显示不工作,锂电池报警,供风、回风温度报警等故障的原因及检测方法.     

我国铁路货运集中化推进模式的研究

铁路广泛实行货运集中化,成为铁路运输组织现代化的主要发展趋势之一。在研究国内外铁路货运集中化的基础上,分析铁路货运集中化的经济效益,提出了我国实施铁路货运集中化的阶段推进模式。     

内河船舶垃圾接收处理问题探析

水环境治理长期存在着"守法成本高、执法成本高、违法成本低"的两高一低现象,本文针对船舶垃圾污染物接收过程存在的问题进行简要分析,并提出了相关建议,认为需要采用多管齐下的方法,明确船舶垃圾交付相关管理规定和收费标准,提高对船舶垃圾交付的现场监管力度,并对船主从经济角度给予实惠和执法上给予警示。     

Spatial impacts of road pricing: Accessibility, regional spillovers and territorial cohesion

Road pricing policies are gaining prominence in EU countries. These policies have positive impacts leading to mobility patterns which are socially and environmentally more desirable, but they also have negative impacts. One negative impact is to be found in regional accessibility, due to the increase in generalized transport costs. This study presents a methodology based on accessibility indicators and GIS to assess the accessibility impacts of a road pricing policy. The methodology was tested for the Spain’s road network considering two road pricing scenarios. It enables not only the more penalized regions to be identified but also negative road pricing spillover effects between regions. These effects are measured in terms of accessibility changes occurring in one region produced by charges implemented in another region. Finally, the study of accessibility disparities (by calculating inequality indexes for each of the scenarios considered), provides policymakers with useful information regarding the impact of road pricing policies from the point of view of territorial cohesion.