A stated preference examination of time of travel choice for a recreational trip

A stated preference experiment was performed in Calgary in Canada to examine how people are influenced in the selection of a departure time for a hypothetical trip to see a movie. A total of 635 complete observations were obtained. In each observation the respondent was presented with a set of possible departure time scenarios and asked to indicate the order of preference for these scenarios. Each scenario was described by specifying the automobile travel time, the expected arrival time relative to the movie start time, the parking cost, the probability of being at least ten minutes late for the movie and the length of time the movie had been running. This forced the respondent to trade off between conditions regarding these attributes. Age, gender and frequency of movie attendance were also recorded. The observations thus obtained were used to estimate the parameter values for a range of alternative utility functions in logit models representing this choice behaviour. The results indicate that all of the attributes included have significant effects on departure time choice in the situation being considered. They also indicate that travellers are prepared to arrive roughly two minutes early for each minute of travel time saved; that the money value of driving time for trips to recreational activities is about half that for trips to work; that one additional percent in the probability of arriving late is equivalent to roughly 0.20 Canadian dollars or 1.93 minutes drive time; and that there is a preference for a non-zero expected early arrival time regardless of the associated probability of arriving late. Some of these results are novel and others are consistent with findings for work trips in work done by others, which is seen to add credence to the approach being used here.     

岸桥钢丝绳张紧机构轮绳径比的优化选择

针对岸桥钢丝绳张紧机构的特点 ,结合钢丝绳的实际使用寿命和报废形式 ,剖析提高钢丝绳使用寿命的关键因素 ,优化轮绳径比。     

浅析建筑工程承包人优先受偿权的性质及适用

本文阐释了《合同法》第286条中优先受偿权的性质,并对建筑企业合理有效地行使优选受偿权进行了探讨。优先受偿权是国家立法给建筑行业的一把尚方宝剑,建筑工程承包人要合法有效地用这把利器来解决工程拖欠款的问题。     

关于铁路施工企业在承建地方工程时的几点思考

介绍了国家铁路工程与地方建筑工程在工程造价和经营管理方面的差别.考虑到铁路施工企业的特点以及在很短的时间内他们将完全溶入地方建筑业市场,笔者根据自己在工作中的观察和体会,提出几点建议,供同行参考.     

船舶结构钢海洋环境点蚀模型研究之二:实船蚀坑形态与径深比时变模型

文章基于点蚀生长原理与实船蚀坑形态检测数据,对船舶受点蚀构件的两类主要蚀坑的形态、形成机制及其随船龄演化情况作了大致描述.认为遭受点蚀船舶构件的蚀坑形态与其所处位置、服役时间等密切相关;两类蚀坑形态差异的原因在于其各自点蚀进程中的具体控制因素及相应的影响程度存在较大区别.论述证明将点蚀蚀坑径深比处理成随时间变化的函数是有理论和事实依据的;并与点蚀深度模型相结合,依据Yamamoto实测散货船货舱区肋骨蚀坑数据建立了相应的蚀坑径深比时变模型.     

聚丙烯纤维网混凝土的动力学性能

研究了聚丙烯纤维网混凝土的动力学性能.研究结果表明聚丙烯纤维网对提高混凝土抗折强度有显著作用,并可降低压折比,尤为突出的是其弯曲疲劳性能和冲击韧性大幅提高.     

积极推进我国医药企业电子商务化进程

电子商务为世界经济的发展注入了新的活力，医药系统的电子商务化是时代发展的必然趋势。本文在分析我国国内医药企业实现电子商务化过程中所存在的问题的基础上，提出了“B to B”是医药企业实现电子商务的可能模式，并就国内医药企业如何引入电子商务提出了一些建议。     

确定旅客列车合理开车范围的代数方法

本文应用同余理论,提出一种解不等式组的代数方法,用以确定旅客列车的合理开车范围。并就若干具体情况,详细介绍了计算步骤,可供实际参考使用。     

浅析齐齐哈尔市永安立交桥节省用地完善交通功能

本文针对齐齐哈尔市永安立交桥桥址地理环境局限的特殊条件，提出一个既能满足交通要求，又节省建设用地，减少投资的工程设计方案，经建成后多年的运行，效果明显。     

香港回归与上海经济和航运业的发展

随着１９９７年香港的回归和９０年代上海经济持续稳定的发展，中国未来半出现丙个国际中心城市－香港和上海。如何认识这两个国际中心城市之间的关系对中国经济的发展是至关重要的。本文从经济和航运两方面对这一问题进行了深入的分析。