universiteit antwerpen - Eddy Van de Voorde

Course descriptions

Transport models

Course Code :	2103TEWTEL
Study domain:	Logistics Management
Semester:	Semester: 1st semester
Contact hours:	30
Credits:	3
Study load (hours):	84
Contract restrictions:	No contract restriction
Language of instruction :	Dutch
Exam period:	exam in the 1st semester
Tutor(s)	Eddy Van de Voorde Hilde Meersman

1. Prerequisites

At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
Specific prerequisites for this course:
Students need to have transport economics knowledge. They need to be aware of a number of micro- and industrial economic concepts, a.o. total cost functions, production functions, economies of scale, market organisation). They need to be able to deal with quantitative methods at bachelor level.

2. Learning outcomes

The students need to be able to:

understand transport models themselves;
indicate which models can be used for a particular problem;
evaluate texts where transport models are applied.

3. Course contents

The course contains three parts: lectures, practices sessions on specific papers, and a number of guest lectures.

LECTURES
Theme	Content	Reference and teaching material
Introduction	Course content; Modelling principles; Course overview; Link todata (e.g. stated preference, panel data,…); No Operations Research course!
Aggregate Demand Models	Generation; Distribution; Mode split; Traffic conversion; Assignment.	Blauwens, e.a., 2006 (deel 3)
Choice models	Binary choice models (linear chance model, probit, logit) Random Utility; Application: chance of flagging out Multinomialel logit, Mixed logit andNested logit; Application: port choice Choice model data: Revealed and Stated preference Conjoint analysis Application: ‘Logistics managers stated preferences for freight service attributes’	Blauwens, e.a., 2006 (deel 3) Small and Winston, 1999 Paper Bergantino-Bolis
Production and Cost Estimation	Production and cost functions in transport; Flexible functional forms: translog functions Economies of size and density in networks;Economies of scope; Application: A cross setional study of freight transport demand and rail-truck competition in Canada	Paper Tae Oum
Efficieny and productivity	Technical and economic efficiency Total factor productivity: indexes Application: Measuring TFP of airports – an index number approach Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Application: ‘Developing measures of airport productivity and performance: an application of data envelopment analysis’ Stochastic production functions Application: ‘Economic efficiency in Spanish ports: some empirical evidence’
Pricing Models	Basic models; Ramsey Pricing; Two-part tariff pricing Yield management.	Blauwens, e.a., 2006 (deel 4); Phillips, R.L., 2005
GUEST LECTURES
Guest lecture 1	Modeling freight transport in Belgium
Guest lecture 2	Models applied by the Flemish government
Guest lecture	Models with respect to value of time in transport
Guest lecture	Models used for Dutch government

4. Teaching method

Class contact teaching:

Lectures

Laboratory sessions

5. Assessment method and criteria

Examination:

Written without oral presentation

Open book

6. Study material

Required reading

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Optional reading

The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
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7. Contact information

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