Davy Janssens

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2008

Number

53

Co-Authors

2004b), The simulation of activity diary data using sequential probability distributions. Forthcoming (2008)

Davy Janssens, Geert Wets, Tom Brijs, Koen Vanhoof

This paper has developed and evaluated a framework for simulating activity diary data. It is claimed in the paper that simulating activity diary data can be useful to assist practitioners and...

Generating Dynamic Activity-Travel Schedules (2008)

Marlies Vanhulsel, Davy Janssens, Geert Wets

Abstract � While making decisions, governments and policy makers are supported by models in order to estimate the impact of their decisions on society as a whole. Transportation models compromise a...

Approximating Activity Diary Data by Taking Sequential Dependences into Account: Development of a Simulation Framework ABSTRACT (2008)

Davy Janssens, Geert Wets, Tom Brijs, Koen Vanhoof

For the last decade, activity-based transportation models have certainly set the standard for modelling travel demand. As a result of this, the data required to estimate any activity-based model,...

Advanced OR and AI Methods in Transportation COLLECTING ACTIVITY-TRAVEL DIARY DATA BY MEANS OF A HAND-HELD COMPUTER-ASSISTED DATA COLLECTION TOOL (2008)

Or And Ai, Bruno Kochan, Davy Janssens, Tom Bellemans, Geert Wets

Activity- ased transportation models have set the standard for modelling travel demand for the last decade. It seems common practice nowadays to collect the data to estimate these activity- ased...

Modelling Context-Sensitive Dynamic Activity-Travel Behavior Under Conditions of Uncertainty Incorporating Reinforcement Learning, Habit Formation, And Behavioral and Cognitive Adaptation Strategies (2008)

Han, Q., Arentze, T., TIMMERMANS, Harry, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

This paper develops a framework for modelling the dynamic formation of location choicesets. The proposed framework integrates three key concepts, namely aspiration, activation and expected utility....

In the field evaluation of the impact of a GPS-enabled personal digital assistant on activity-travel diary data quality (2008)

BELLEMANS, Tom, KOCHAN, Bruno, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, Timmermans, H.J.P.

Abstract. A custom tool, PARROTS (PDA system for Activity Registration and Recording of Travel Scheduling) was developed to collect both activity data and GPS data. This tool is currently deployed in...

Implementing an Improved Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for the Simulation of Weekly Activity-Travel Sequences (2008)

VANHULSEL, Marlies, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

Recently, within the area of activity-based travel demand modeling there is a general tendency to enhance the realism of these models by incorporating dynamics based on learning and adaptation...

Assessing the Impact of Fuel Cost on Traffic Demand in Flanders using Activity-Based Models (2008)

TORMANS, Hans, JANSSENS, Davy, BRIJS, Tom, WETS, Geert

In this paper, we discuss the conceptual idea of the development of an instrument that assists local authorities in enhancing their traffic safety policy. Taking the principles of Total Quality...

Assessing vehicle emissions through an integrad activity-based modelling framework (2008)

BECKX, Carolien, Arentze, T., INT PANIS, Luc, JANSSENS, Davy

Policymakers are increasingly recognizing the importance of source-related measures, instead of technological actions, to tackle the problem of traffic air pollution. Unfortunately, traditional...

Destination choice in daily activity travel: the mental map’s repertoire (2008)

HANNES, Els, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

In 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...

Design of Stated Adaptation Experiments: Discussion of Some Issues and Experiences (2008)

VAN BLADEL, Kelly, BELLEMANS, Tom, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, Nijland, L., Arentze, T., ...

Stated preference experiments have become commonly used methods of data collection in transportation research and the increasing importance of individual choice processes in travel behaviour research...

Modeling individuals' cognitive and affective responses in spatial learning behavior (2008)

Han, Q., Arentze, T., TIMMERMANS, Harry, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

Activity-based analysis has slowly shifted gear from analysis of daily activity patterns to analysis and modeling of dynamic activity-travel patterns. In this paper, we describe a dynamic model that...

and G.Wets. Evaluating the performance of cost-based discretization versus entropyand error-based discretization (2007)

Davy Janssens, Tom Brijs, Koen Vanhoof, Geert Wets

Discretization is defined as the process that divides continuous numeric values into intervals of discrete categorical values. In this article, the concept of cost-based discretization as a...

Janssens, Wets, Brijs, Vanhoof and Timmermans 1 * corresponding author Identifying Behavioral Principles underlying Activity Patterns by means of Bayesian Networks (2007)

Davy Janssens, Geert Wets, Tom Brijs, Koen Vanhoof, Harry Timmermans

Capturing behavioral principles within the context of activity-based travel patterns is of vital importance to build adequate transportation planning models. Of course, there is no solitarily model...

Integrating Classification and Association Rules by proposing adaptations to the CBA Algorithm (2007)

Davy Janssens, Tom Brijs, Koen Vanhoof

In recent years, extensive research has been carried out by focusing on association rules to build more accurate classifiers. These integrated approaches mainly focus on a limited subset of...

Allocating time and location information to activity-travel patterns through reinforcement learning (2007)

JANSSENS, Davy, Lan, Yu, WETS, Geert, Chen, Guoqing

The Reinforcement Machine Learning technique presented in this paper simulates time and location information for a given sequence of activities and transport modes. The main contributions to the...

Allocating time and location information to activity-travel patterns through reinforcement learning (2007)

JANSSENS, Davy, Lan, Yu, WETS, Geert, Chen, Guoqing

The Reinforcement Machine Learning technique presented in this paper simulates time and location information for a given sequence of activities and transport modes. The main contributions to the...

The optimization of activity-travel sequences by means of reinforcement learning (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, Lan, Y, WETS, Geert, Chen, G

Given a sequence of activities and transport modes, this paper evaluates the use of a Reinforcement Machine Learning technique. The technique simulates time and location allocation for a given set of...

Allocating time and location information to activity-travel patterns through reinforcement learning (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, Lan, Y., WETS, Geert, Chen, G.

Given a sequence of activities and transport modes, for which a framework has been provided in previous work, this paper evaluates the use of a Reinforcement Machine Learning technique. The technique...

Dynamic activity-travel diary data collection using a GPS-enabled personal digital assistant (2006)

KOCHAN, Bruno, BELLEMANS, Tom, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

Activity-based transportation models have set the standard for modelling travel demand for the last decade. It seems common practice nowadays to collect the data to estimate these activity-based...

Generating dynamic activity-travel schedules (2006)

VANHULSEL, Marlies, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

While making decisions, governments and policy makers are supported by models in order to estimate the impact of their decisions on society as a whole. Transportation models compromise a major...

De invloed van het hebben en krijgen van kinderen op de mobiliteit van de ouders (2006)

ZWERTS, Enid, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

De invloed van het krijgen en hebben van kinderen is binnen heel wat domeinen van de sociologie onderzocht. De stap van een gezin met twee volwassenen naar een gezin met twee volwassenen en een kind,...

Modeling short-term dynamics in activity-travel patterns: from aurora to feathers (2006)

Arentze, T., TIMMERMANS, Harry, JANSSENS, Davy

Most operational models of activity-travel demand , including nested logit models (e.g., Vovsha et al.2004), Cemdap (Bhat et al. 2004), Famos (Pendyala et al.2005) and Albatross (Arentze and...

Impact of trip purpose on driving behaviour: case study on commuter behaviour in Belgium (2006)

BECKX, Carolien, Panis, L., WETS, Geert, Torfs, R., Mensink, C., Broekx, S., ...

This study explores the relationship between the purpose of a trip and the vehicle exhaust emissions caused by the driving behaviour during this trip. More specifically, this research focuses on the...

Integrating Bayesian networks and decision trees in a sequential rule-based transportation model (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen, Arentze, T., TIMMERMANS, Harry

Several activity-based transportation models are now becoming operational and are entering the stage of application for the modelling of travel demand. Some of these models use decision rules to...

Improving associative classification by incorporating novel interestingness measures (2006)

Lan, Y., JANSSENS, Davy, Chen, G.Q., WETS, Geert

Associative classification has aroused significant attention in recent years and proved to be intuitive and effective in many cases. This paper aims at achieving more effective associative...

Proximity is a state of mind: exploring mental maps in daily activity travel behaviour (2006)

HANNES, Els, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

The aim of this paper is to explore the behavioural framework for the integration of the ‘mental map’ concept into the activity based modelling of travel behaviour. The conceptual framework and...

The optimization of activity-travel sequences by means of reinforcement learning (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, Lan, Y, WETS, Geert, Chen, G

Given a sequence of activities and transport modes, this paper evaluates the use of a Reinforcement Machine Learning technique. The technique simulates time and location allocation for a given set of...

Allocating time and location information to activity-travel patterns through reinforcement learning (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, Lan, Y., WETS, Geert, Chen, G.

Given a sequence of activities and transport modes, for which a framework has been provided in previous work, this paper evaluates the use of a Reinforcement Machine Learning technique. The technique...

Dynamic activity-travel diary data collection using a GPS-enabled personal digital assistant (2006)

KOCHAN, Bruno, BELLEMANS, Tom, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

Activity-based transportation models have set the standard for modelling travel demand for the last decade. It seems common practice nowadays to collect the data to estimate these activity-based...

Generating dynamic activity-travel schedules (2006)

VANHULSEL, Marlies, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

While making decisions, governments and policy makers are supported by models in order to estimate the impact of their decisions on society as a whole. Transportation models compromise a major...

De invloed van het hebben en krijgen van kinderen op de mobiliteit van de ouders (2006)

ZWERTS, Enid, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

De invloed van het krijgen en hebben van kinderen is binnen heel wat domeinen van de sociologie onderzocht. De stap van een gezin met twee volwassenen naar een gezin met twee volwassenen en een kind,...

Modeling short-term dynamics in activity-travel patterns: from aurora to feathers (2006)

Arentze, T., TIMMERMANS, Harry, JANSSENS, Davy

Most operational models of activity-travel demand , including nested logit models (e.g., Vovsha et al.2004), Cemdap (Bhat et al. 2004), Famos (Pendyala et al.2005) and Albatross (Arentze and...

Impact of trip purpose on driving behaviour: case study on commuter behaviour in Belgium (2006)

BECKX, Carolien, Panis, L., WETS, Geert, Torfs, R., Mensink, C., Broekx, S., ...

This study explores the relationship between the purpose of a trip and the vehicle exhaust emissions caused by the driving behaviour during this trip. More specifically, this research focuses on the...

Evaluating the performance of cost-based discretization versus entropy- and error-based discretization (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen, WETS, Geert

Discretization is defined as the process that divides continuous numeric values into intervals of discrete categorical values. In this article, the concept of cost-based discretization as a...

Integrating Bayesian networks and decision trees in a sequential rule-based transportation model (2006)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen, Arentze, T., TIMMERMANS, Harry

Several activity-based transportation models are now becoming operational and are entering the stage of application for the modelling of travel demand. Some of these models use decision rules to...

Improving associative classification by incorporating novel interestingness measures (2006)

Lan, Y., JANSSENS, Davy, Chen, G.Q., WETS, Geert

Associative classification has aroused significant attention in recent years and proved to be intuitive and effective in many cases. This paper aims at achieving more effective associative...

Adapting the CBA algorithm by means of intensity of implication (2005)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen

In recent years, extensive research has been carried out by using association rules to build more accurate classifiers. The idea behind these integrated approaches is to focus on a limited subset of...

The development of an adapted Markov chain modelling heuristic and simulation framework in the context of transportation research (2005)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen

This paper has developed and evaluated the implementation of an adapted Markov Chain modelling heuristic and simulation framework in the context of transportation research. In order to gain insight...

Adapting the CBA algorithm by means of intensity of implication (2005)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen

In recent years, extensive research has been carried out by using association rules to build more accurate classifiers. The idea behind these integrated approaches is to focus on a limited subset of...

The development of an adapted Markov chain modelling heuristic and simulation framework in the context of transportation research (2005)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen

This paper has developed and evaluated the implementation of an adapted Markov Chain modelling heuristic and simulation framework in the context of transportation research. In order to gain insight...

Improving (2005)

Yu Lan A, Davy Janssens

associative classification by incorporating novel interestingness measures

Improving performance of multiagent rule-based model for activity pattern decisions with Bayesian networks (2004)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen, TIMMERMANS, Harry, Arentze, T

Several activity-based models are now becoming operational and are entering the stage of application in transport planning. Some of these models use a set of decision trees to support decision making...

Improving performance of multiagent rule-based model for activity pattern decisions with Bayesian networks (2004)

JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom, VANHOOF, Koen, Arentze, T, TIMMERMANS, Harry

Several activity-based models are now becoming operational and are entering the stage of application in transport planning. Some of these models use a set of decision trees to support decision making...

COMPUTATION GRAPHS FOR ACTOR GRAMMARS (1993)

LENS, M, ROZENBERG, G, JANSSENS, Davy

LIMBURGS UNIV CENTRUM,DEPT WNIF,B-3590 DIEPENBEEK,BELGIUM. LEIDEN UNIV,DEPT COMP SCI,2333 CA LEIDEN,NETHERLANDS.JANSSENS, D, FREE UNIV BRUSSELS,DEPT COMP SCI,PLEINLAAN 2,B-1050 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM.

COMPUTATION GRAPHS FOR ACTOR GRAMMARS (1993)

LENS, M, ROZENBERG, G, JANSSENS, Davy

LIMBURGS UNIV CENTRUM,DEPT WNIF,B-3590 DIEPENBEEK,BELGIUM. LEIDEN UNIV,DEPT COMP SCI,2333 CA LEIDEN,NETHERLANDS.JANSSENS, D, FREE UNIV BRUSSELS,DEPT COMP SCI,PLEINLAAN 2,B-1050 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM.

Cost on Traffic Demand in Flanders using Activity-Based Models

KOCHAN, Bruno, BELLEMANS, Tom, JANSSENS, Davy, WETS, Geert

According to United Nations (2001) the demand for transport services is expected to grow considerably as incomes rise, the trend toward urbanization continues and as the process of globalization...

The contribution of activity-based transport models to air quality modelling: A validation of the ALBATROSS-AURORA model chain

Beckx, C., INT PANIS, Luc, Van De Vel, Karen, Arentze, Theo, Lefebvre, Wouter, JANSSENS, Davy, ...

The potential advantages of using activity-based transport models for air quality purposes have been recognized for a long time but models that have been developed along these lines are still scarce....