Elisabetta Cherchi

CV – Elisabetta Cherchi
ELISABETTA CHERCHI
Technique University of Denmark, DK
Department of Transport
Bygningstorvet 116 Vest, Building 116
Vest 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Tel: + 45 4525 6549 / + 45 4593 6533
E-Mail: [email protected]
June, 2011
1. PERSONAL DATA
Nationality
Place and date of birth
Italian
Cagliari, 9 May 1969
Languages
Italian: mother tongue
English (very good), Spanish (excellent), French (good)
2. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2010-date Associated Professor, Department of Transport, Technique University of Denmark, DK
2004-date Honorary Researcher, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College, University of London, UK
2009-10
Contract Professor, Department of Transport, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
2004-10
Lecturer, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Università di Cagliari, Italy
Professor of Econometric Methods for Transport, Università di Cagliari (Italy)
3. QUALIFICATIONS
(2002)
Post-doc in Civil Engineering Sciences, Università di Cagliari, Italy.
Tutors:
Prof. Italo Meloni (Università di Cagliari), Prof. Juan de Dios Ortúzar (Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile), Prof. Sergio Jara Díaz (Unversidad de Chile)
(2000) PhD in Transport Techniques and Economy, Università di Palermo, Italy
Tutors:
Prof. Italo Meloni (Università di Cagliari), Prof. Juan de Dios Ortúzar (Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile
(1993) 1st class Degree in Civil Engineering (Transport), Università di Cagliari, Italy.
Tutor:
Prof. Ing. Italo Meloni (Università di Cagliari)
4. OTHER ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
(2009)
Lecturer, Summer School on “Monitoring sustainable tourism”, Parco Nazionale dell’Asinara &
Università di Sassari, Italy.
(2008-09) Lecturer, International Summer School on “Discrete Choice models: theory and applications to
environment, landscape, transportation and marketing”, Università di Bologna, Italy.
(2007)
Lecturer, graduate course on “Advances in transport demand modelling”, Department of Civil
Engineering, Transport Sector, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
(2004-06) External Expert for Chilean Government for the assignment of national funds to university research.
(2003)
Research Associate, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
(2000)
Lecturer, Post-lauream course on “Mathematical models for transport planning”, Institute for Transport
Studies, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina.
Lecturer, Bachelor degree course on “Logistics and Intermodality”, Università di Cagliari, Italy.
(1999)
(1995-96) Lecturer, Bachelor degree course on “Transport Planning and Design Elements” Department of Land
and Water Resources Engineering, Università di Cagliari, Italy.
(1993-2000) Lecturer’s Assistant, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Università di Cagliari, Italy.
5. ACADEMIC EXCHANGES
(2008) Visiting professor, Department of Economic Analysis, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (1 week)
(2007) Visiting professor, Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica,
Santiago, Chile (1 month)
(2007) Visiting professor, Department of Transport, Maryland University, USA (15 days)
(2007) Visiting professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Transport Sector, Universidad de Concepción,
Chile (15 days).
(2002) Visiting researcher, Department of Transport, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile (2 months)
6. SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS UPON INVITATION
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Seminar, Institute of Economic Researches, Universitá della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland.
Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Ecóle Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Workshop on Discrete choice models, Ecóle Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Workshop on Discrete choice models, Ecóle Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
Workshop on Discrete choice models, Ecóle Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Seminar, Department of Economic Analysis, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Seminar, Institute for Planning Transport and System, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Seminar, Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Workshop on Discrete choice models, Ecóle Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, USA.
Seminar, Department of Transport Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
Workshop on Valuation Methods in Transport Plan, Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway.
Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Seminar, Department of Economic Analysis, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Seminar, Department of Applied Economic Analysis, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Seminar, CTS - Imperial College, University of London, UK.
7. REFEREE FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND CONGRESSES
Transportation – Kluwer
Transportation Research A, B, D – Elsevier
Transportation Science Network and Spatial Economics – Springer
Transportmetrica – Frencis&Taylor
Transport Policy - Elsevier
Land use Policy - Elsevier
Journal of Transport Economics - Serra
Journal of Infrastructure System - American Society of Civil Engineers
Journal of Choice Modelling – online Journal
Ingenieria de Transporte – Chilean Transport Society
Book: Applications of simulation methods in environmental and resource economics. Eds R. Scarpa, A. Alberini – Kluwer
Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting and publication on the Transportation Research Record journal
International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT)
Innovations in Travel Modeling Conference (2010)
Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte (PANAM)
Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte
8. EXAMINATION AND SUPERVISION OF THESES
Doctoral theses
in Lissy de la Paix (Co-Tutor) Modelling the impact of built environment, geographical scales and latent
progress constructs on individual travel behaviour. TRANSyT, Universidad Politéchnica de Madrid, Spain.
in Anders Anders Fjendbo Jensen (Tutor) Assessing the potential market for electric vehicles. Technical
progess University of Denmark. Denmark
(2010) Lucía Mejía Dorantes (External Examiner) Transportation infrastructure impacts on house prices
and firms location: The effect of a new metro line in the suburbs of Madrid. TRANSyT, Universidad
Politéchnica de Madrid, Spain.
(2009) Jorge E. Córdoba (Hosting Supervisor) Modelo de elección discreta basado en agente y
considerando racionalidad limitada. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
(2009) Dr. Nicola Pusceddu (Co-Tutor) Un approccio mesoscopico per l’assegnazione dinamica del traffico.
(2005) Dr. Luigi dell’Olio (External Expert for European certification) Un modelo de localización de
paradas de autobús mediante la optimización de la operación del sistema de transport público
urbano. Universidad de Burgos, Spain.
(2005) Dr. Francisco Amador (External Examiner) Medidas Alternativas de bienestar derivadas de un
modelo de asignación del tiempo en el contexto de elección discreta: teoría y aplicaciones.
Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
(2003) Dr. Cristina Contu (Co-Tutor) Effetto delle tecniche di aggregazione nella previsione della domanda
di viaggio.
(2003) Dr. Raquel Espino (External Examiner) Análisis y predicción de la demanda de transporte de
pasajeros. Universidad de Las Palmas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Master theses
(2011) Eleonora Sottile (Tutor) Effetti latenti di attitudine e norma sociale nella scelta del modo di viaggio.
(2010) Francesco Manca (Tutor) Modellizzazione dell’effetto inerzia nelle scelte del modo di viaggio
(2008) Manola Cubeddu (Tutor) Derivazione di un modello di scelta modale che include le caratteristiche
socio-economiche nei parametri di preferenza diretta.
(2000) Egidio Rubanu (Co-tutor) Stima di un modello di regressione zonale che include effetti non lineari.
(1999) Giorgio Gessa (Co-tutor) Previsione della generazione di viaggi: vantaggi e limiti dell’analisi per categoria.
(1998) Giacomo Melis (Co-tutor) Efficienza delle ZTL nella riduzione dell’inquinamento acustico ed atmosferico.
(1996) Manolo Mulana (Co-tutor) Efficienza delle misure di TDM nella riduzione dell’inquinamento
acustico ed atmosferico.
(1996) Roberto Aresu (Co-tutor) Previsione della domanda modale utilizzando modelli di scelta disaggregati.
(1996) Francesco Sechi (Co-tutor) Analisi di sensitività dei parametri di assegnazione alla reti di traffico.
9. POST-GRADUATE AND TRAINING COURSES
(2004) London, UK
(2004) London, UK
(2003) Berkeley,
California
(1998) London, UK
(1997) Santiago,
Chile
(1996) London, UK
(1995) Roma, Italia
(1994) Cagliari,
Italia
(1994) London, UK
Course on Applied Econometrics of differentiated products: consumer choice and
competition, at University College of London. Tutor: J. A. Hausman, MIT, Boston.
Course on Discrete Choice Modelling at University College of London, London. Tutor:
W. H. Green, Stern University, New York.
Advanced course on Discrete Choice Model at the Institute for Transportation Studies.
Tutor: Prof. S. Madanat. Instructors: Prof. K. Train (6 months)
The TRIPS – Planning Software Seminar at the MVA Consultancy, London, UK.
Semester study at the Transport Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
passing the following courses: Econometrics Models, Transport Economics, Transport
Networks, Mathematics Programming. Supervisor: Prof. J.de D. Ortúzar (6 months)
The Value of Time Seminar at the P.T.R.C. Programme Convener: H. Gunn, HCG
Netherlands, Programme Chairman: K. Gwilliam, The World Bank USA.
Seminar on Demand assignment, at the University of Tor Vergata. Supervisor: Prof. E.
Cascetta
Advanced courses on Urban Planning Environment and Territory at the Department
of Land and Water Resources Engineering (DIT) University of Cagliari. (1 year)
International Course on Transport modelling at the PTRC (The Planning and Transport
Research and Computation International Association). Supervisor: Prof. J. de D. Ortúzar
10. RESEARCH PROJECTS
Researches funded by Regional, National or International Administrations
(2010-12) A dynamic Activity-based model to forecast the effect of projects on sustainible mobility.
Funded by Sardinian Government to Promote scientific research and technological innovation.
(2010-13) HABIT – Habit and inertia in mode choice behaviour: a data panel for Madrid.
Funded by Spanish Ministry for University Research
(2009-10) Willingness to pay for Service Attributes of Energy Suppliers: application to Canarian market
Commissioned by Universidad de la Laguna and funded by Regional Government of Canarias
Island, Spain.
(2008-09) Evaluating travel time saving and risk reduction in road accidents: an application to project
evaluation.
Commissioned by Universidad de Las Palmas and funded by Ministry of Transport, Spanish
Government.
(2005-06) The economic evaluation of projects for the regeneration of urban sites of environmental interest
National research projects (PRIN) funded by Italian Ministry for University Research
(2004) The implication of income, taste and substitution effects for the assessment of user benefits using
discrete choice models. (principal researcher)
Commissioned by Imperial College of London and funded by the Department for Transport (DfT).
(2000-01) Logistic and transport in the local productive systems: methods and models applied to the north-east
regions of Italy
National research projects (PRIN) funded by Italian Ministry for University Research
(1995-96) Definition of guidelines for managing urban traffic for air and noise pollution (principal researcher)
Funded by Ministry of the Environment to Territorial Engineering Department, University of
Cagliari
(1995) A study on the Public Transport service to Hospitals.
Funded by the Cagliari Local Transport Company and the Territorial Engineering Department, University of
Cagliari
Local research projects funded by the University of Cagliari (Italy)
As responsible for funds
(2009)
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(2000)
Habit and inertia effect in mode choice: estimation and forecasting using mixed logit and panel data
Economic evaluation of sustainable projects: an approach to compute user benefits at individual level.
On the capability of the Logit Kernel to reproduce the real behaviour under preference heterogeneity.
On the identification problem in the Mixed Logit model.
Accounting for random heterogeneity in transport choice models.
Demand modal split: impact of the income effect on the economic evaluation of modal choices.
Microsimulation approaches to demand forecasting.
Definition of a new methodology for calculating the value of journey time for transport project
assessment: an application to the area of Cagliari.
As principal researcher
(2000) Experimental determination of flow curves for multi-lines urban and extra-urban roads.
(2000) Time, space, behaviours, decisional processes for demand modelling.
(1998) The value of time indicator in the assessment of transport projects.
(1998) Using time use data for analysing transport demand.
(1997) Traffic management techniques for abating pollution in urban areas.
(1996) Impact of transport supply improvement on the activities participation.
(1995) Activities programme to study trips generation.
(1995) The functionality of rail transport in Italy’s local transport system in urban and metropolitan areas.
(1995) Stated preference Analysis for mobility forecasting.
(1994) Freights Sea transport: Italian ports within national and international systems.
(1994) A behavioural approach to a generation/attraction model specification.
(*) If not differently specified, the role is as member of the research group.
11. RESEARCH GRANTS AND PRIZES
(10/2007)
Awarded grant for the Start up of Young Lecturers, University of Cagliari, Italy.
(01/2003)
Awarded prize for the Best presentation at the Doctoral Student Seminar in Transportation Modelling at
the TRB 2003 Annual Meeting. January 12, Washington DC, USA
(09/2002)
Awarded grant by the Sardinian Government for the semester advanced course on Transport demand
modelling, University of California at Berkeley.
(06/2000)
Awarded two-year grant, funded by Fondo Sociale Europeo (75%) and University of Cagliari (25%), for a
Post-Doctoral in Civil Engineering Sciences at the University of Cagliari, Italy.
(04/2000)
Winner of grant for Young Researcher, University of Cagliari, Italy.
(07/1996)
Awarded three-year grant, funded by the Italian Ministry for University, for a PhD in Transport
Techniques and Economy at the University of Palermo, Italy.
(04/1996)
Winner of one-year Research Contract Application of market research techniques for simulating
mobility phenomenon Università di Cagliari, Italy.
(04/1996)
Winner of one-year Research Contract Management of regional Transport planning on
Environmental Impact Assessment Università di Cagliari, Italy. (not accepted)
(03/1996)
Top in the selection for the Master in Assessment of information processes organised by Consortium for
computers, training and advanced research, Italy. (not accepted)
(03/1996)
Winner of one-year Research Contract Product quality and control and process certification,
Consorzio PROMEA, Italy. (not accepted)
(12/1995)
Awarded one-year grant by the Sardinian Regional Government for a Master in Informatic. (not
accepted)
(05/1995)
Awarded one-year grant Freight air transport evolution: Sardinian perspectives, SFIRS, Italy. (not
accepted)
12. MEMBERSHIPS
At International level
from 2010
Executive Board of International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
from 2010
Editorial Board of Transportation Research part B.
2010-13
2009
Editorial Board of Transportation
Committee of External Supervisor for the Eric Pas Prize (for the best PhD thesis in travel behaviours)
2009-10
AET Innovative Methods in Transport Analysis, Planning and Appraisal Committee
2009-10
TRB Transportation Planning Applications Committee, USA
2006-12
TRB Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee, USA
from 2008
Editorial Board of Ingenieria de Transporte (journal of the Chilean Transport Society)
from 2007
Editorial Board of Journal of Choice Modelling.
At National level
2009
2007-08
Degree Program Assessment Board, University of Cagliari, Italy.
Degree Course Self-Assessment Board, University of Cagliari, Italy.
from 2007
Course Program Assessment Board for PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Cagliari (Italy)
from 2007
Doctoral School in Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari (Italy)
2007
Committee for defining evaluation criteria for publishability of degree theses. University of Cagliari
(Italy).
from 2000
CIREM, Interdepartmental Centre for Economic and Mobility Research University of Cagliari (Italy)
from 1997
CUBE SPECTRE (Specialist Centre of Teaching and Research) as a member of CRiMM
from 1996
CRiMM – Research Centre of Mobility Models at University of Cagliari
from 1994
Italian Society of Transportation Researchers and Teachers (SIDT)
from 1993
Member of Association of Professional Engineers, Cagliari
13.CONGRESSES
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Washington, USA
Lisbon, Portugal
Madrid, Spain
Washington, USA
Jaipur, India
Harrogate, UK
Washington, USA
Barranquilla,
Colombia
Sassari, Italy
Cosenza, Italy
Washington, USA
Santiago, Chile
Berkeley, USA
Washington, USA
Canaria, Spain
Tokyo, Japan
Austin, USA
Washington, USA
Valparaíso, Chile
Pisa, Italy
Washington, USA
Strasbourg, France
Albany, USA
Istambul, Turkey
Roma, Italia
Lucerna, Svizzera
Washington, USA
Quíto, Ecuador
Seul, Corea
Reggio Cal. Italia
Rosario, Argentina
Morón, Argentina
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Cagliari, Italia
Anversa, Belgio
Newcastle, UK
Milano, Italia
Londra, UK
Napoli, Italia
Sydney, Australia
Cagliari, Italia
1995 Melbourne,
Australia
1995 Torino, Italia
1994 Roma, Italia
1993 Bologna, Italia
90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
XVI Panamerican Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference (PANAM)
IX Congreso de Ingeniería de Transporte (CIT)
89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
International Conference on Discrete Choice Modelling
88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
XV Panamerican Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference (PANAM)
XVI Convegno della Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica (SIET)
XVI Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
XII Congreso Chileno de Transporte
11TH World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
XIV Panamerican Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference (PANAM)
11th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
TRB Conference on Innovations in Travel Demand Modeling (only auditor)
85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
XII Congreso Chileno de Transporte
XIII Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
European Transport Conference (ETC)
XIII Panamerican Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference (PANAM)
10TH World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
XII Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR)
82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
XII Panamerican Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference (PANAM)
9TH World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
X Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
Seminar. La gestión del transporte: el marco de las políticas de privatización
Congreso. La planificación del transporte: entr la teoría y la práctica
Congreso. Sistema Regional de transporte: la experiencia europea y argentina para
su realización y mantenimiento .
Convegno Trips User Group (TUG)
8TH World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
International Symposium on Travel Demand Management
Convegno su Visioni sul Futuro dei Trasporti: 10 Nobel per il futuro.
24th European Transport Forum
V Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
7th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR)
Convegno su Studio delle linee di trasporto pubblico di adduzione al polo
ospedaliero Università di Cagliari-ACT
4th International Conference on Computer in Urban Planning and Urban
Management.
IV Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
III Convegno della Società Italiana Docenti di Trasporti (SIDT)
XIV Conferenza Scienze regionali (AISRe)
Published in journals ISI
1. Yáñez, M.F., Cherchi, E., Ortúzar, J. de D. and Heydecker, B.G. (2011) Inertia and shock effects over mode choice process:
implications of the Transantiago implementation. Transportation Science (under review).
2. Cherchi, E. and Guevara C.A. (2011) A monte carlo experiment to analyse the curse of dimensionality in estimating random
coefficients models with a full variance-covariance matrix. Transportation Research B (under review).
3. Cherchi, E. and Manca, F. (2011) Accounting for inertia in modal choices: Some new evidence using RP/SP dataset.
Transportation. DOI : 10.1007/s11116-011-9338-9.
4. Yáñez, M.F., Cherchi, E., Heydecker, B.G. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2011) On the treatment of the repeated observations in
panel data: efficiency of Mixed Logit parameter estimates. Networks and Spatial Economics (online first, 26 August 2010).
5. Amador, F.J. and Cherchi, E. (2011) Econometric effects of utility order transformations in discrete choice models. Networks
and Spatial Economics (online first, 28 May 2010).
6. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2011) On the use of mixed RP/SP models in prediction: accounting for random taste
heterogeneity. Transportation Science 45(1), 98-108.
7. Cherchi, E. and Cirillo, C. (2010) Validation and forecasts in models estimated from multi-days travel survey.
Transportation Research Record 2175, 57-64.
8. Yáñez, F. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2010) Defining Inter-Alternative Error Structures for Joint RP-SP Modelling:
Some New Evidence. Transportation Research Record 2175, 65-73.
9. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2010) Can Mixed Logit infer the actual data generating process? Some implications for
environmental assessment. Transportation Research D 15(7), 428-442.
10. Strazzera, E., Cherchi, E. and Ferrini, S. (2010) Assessment of regeneration projects in urban areas of environmental interest:
a stated choice approach to estimate use and quasi-option values. Environmental and Planning A 42(2), 452-468.
11. Guevara, C.A., Cherchi, E. and Moreno, M. (2009) Estimating random coefficient logit models with full covariance matrix:
comparing performance of mixed logit and laplace approximation methods. Transportation Research Record 2132, 87-95.
12. Cherchi, E., Cirillo, C. and Polak, J. (2009) User Benefit Assessment in Presence of Random Taste Heterogeneity:
Comparison Between Parametric and Nonparametric Models. Transportation Research Record 2132, 78-86
13. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2008) Empirical identification in the mixed Logit model: analysing the effect of data
richness. Networks and Spatial Economics 8, 109-124.
14. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2006) On fitting mode specific constants in the presence of new options in RP/SP models.
Transportation Research 40A(1), 1-18. Elsevier.
15. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2006) Using mixed RP/SP models with non linear effects in forecasting. Transportation
Research Record 1977, 27-34.
16. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2006) Income, time effect and direct preferences in a multinomodal choice context:
application of mixed RP/SP models with non-linear utilities. Networks and Spatial Economics 6(1), 7-23.
17. Cherchi, E. and Polak, J. W. (2005) The assessment of user benefits using discrete choice models: implications of
specification errors under random taste heterogeneity. Transportation Research Record 1926, 61-69.
18. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2002) Mixed RP/SP models incorporating interaction effects: Modelling new suburban
train services in Cagliari. Transportation 29(4), 371-395. Kluwer Academic Publishers (ed.), Netherlands.
Books
1. Cherchi, E. and Meloni, I. (2004) a cura di. Pianificazione dei sistemi di trasporto: modelli quantitativi, congestione e scelte
di viaggio, politiche e decisioni sugli investimenti. Hoepli (ed.) Milano. ISBN 88-203-3253-1. (in Italian). Italian translation
of Transport Modelling, J.de D. Ortúzar e L.G. Willumsen, Wyley.
2. Cherchi, E. (2003) Il valore del tempo nella valutazione dei sistemi di trasporti: teoria e pratica. Franco Angeli (ed.),
Milano. ISBN 88-464-4591-0. (in Italian)
3. Cherchi, E. and Meloni, I. (2002) Gestione della mobilità nelle aree urbane. Un catalogo di interventi per la riduzione
dell'inquinamento da traffico. CRiMM (ed.), Cagliari. (in Italian)
Other publications
1. Meloni, I., Spissu, E. and Cherchi, E. (2009) Le nuove tecniche di analisi e previsione della domanda di mobilità:
un’applicazione activity-based alla realtà italiana. Trasporti, ambiente, territorio: la ricerca di un nuovo equilibrio. G.
Marletto (ed.). Franco Angeli. (in press in Italian)
2. Cherchi, E. and Strazzera, E. (2009) La valutazione economica di interventi di restrizione all’uso dell’auto mirati alla
riqualificazione urbana. Interventi e metodologie di progetto per una mobilità sostenibile. V. Astarita, S. d’Elia and C. Festa
(eds). Franco Angeli, Milano, 145-157. ISBN 978-88-568-1230-5. (in Italian)
3. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2008) Predicting best with Mixed Logit Models: Understanding some confounding effects.
In Transportation Research Trends. P. O. Inweldi (ed). Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1-60456-031-2.
4. Cherchi, E., Meloni, I. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2006) Riqualificazione di una linea ferroviaria in linea metropolitana:
previsione mediante modelli misti RP/SP. Didattica e Ricerca nell'Ingegneria dei trasporti. P.Ferrari e E.M.Cepolina (eds.),
Franco Angeli, Milano, 122-129. ISBN 88-464-7501-1. (in Italian)
5. Cherchi, E., Meloni, I. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2005) Policy forecasts using mixed RP/SP models: some new evidence. In
Advanced OR and AI Methods in Transportation. A. Jaszkiewicz, M. Kaczmarek, J. Zak and M. Kubiak (eds.). Publishing
house of Poznan University of Technology, 487-492. ISBN 83-7143-239-5
6. Cherchi, E., Meloni, I. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2002) Derivazione microeconomica del valore del tempo: analisi delle ipotesi di
linearità e reddito endogeno nella stima di modelli di scelta modale. Metodi e Tecnologie dell’Ingegneria dei Trasporti.
Seminario 2000. G.E. Cantarella e F.Russo (eds.), Franco Angeli, Milano, 311-326. ISBN 88-464-3412-9. (in Italian)
7. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2001) Mixed RP/SP Modelling with interaction effects. Engenharia de Tráfego e
Transportes 2000: Avanços para uma Era de Mudanças. Rio de Janeiro. L.A. Lindau, J. de D. Ortúzar and O. Strambi (ed.),
Gramado, Brazil, 509-522.
8. Meloni, I., Castangia, M., Cherchi, E. and Guala L. (2000) L’analisi dei dati di uso del tempo nella modellizzazione della
domanda di mobilità. Metodi e Tecnologie dell’Ingegneria dei Trasporti. G.E. Cantarella e F. Russo (eds.), Franco Angeli
Milano, 140-155. ISBN 88-464-1953-7. (in Italian)
9. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1998) L’impatto del miglioramento dell’offerta di trasporto sulla partecipazione alle attività. I
piani urbani del traffico. M. de Luca e V. Astarita (eds.), Franco Angeli, Milano, 539-549. ISBN 88-464-0883-7. (in Italian)
10. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1997) L’Activity-based Approach: un’applicazione alla generazione degli spostamenti. Il
trasporto pubblico nei sistemi urbani e metropolitani. Vol.1. S. Amoroso e A. Crotti (eds.). Franco Angeli, Milano, 65-94.
ISBN 88-464-0252-9. (in Italian)
11. Fadda, P., Meloni, I., Cherchi, E. and Fancello G. (1997) Un sistema di supporto alle decisioni per la pianificazione dei
trasporti a scala regionale. Il trasporto pubblico nei sistemi urbani e metropolitani. Vol.1. S. Amoroso e A. Crotti (eds.).
Franco Angeli, Milano, 508-532. ISBN 88-464-0252-9. (in Italian)
12. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1996) An application of activity-based travel analysis to simulation of home-study trips. Urban
Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. II. J.M.B. Recio and L.J Sucharov (eds.). Computational Mechanics
Publications, Southampton, UK, 493-500. ISBN 1-85321-451-6.
13. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1995) Trip generation in urban areas: Activity-based approach for trip chain simulation. Urban
Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. L.J Sucharov (ed.). Computational Mechanics Publications,
Southampton, UK, 385-402. ISBN 1-85312-323-4.
14. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1995) Un modello comportamentale per la generazione degli spostamenti con motivazione studio
universitario. Metodologie ed applicazioni per lo studio dei trasporti: esperienze sull’area metropolitana di Cagliari.
LITHOSgrafiche (ed.), Cagliari, 45-64.
15. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1994) La specificazione delle variabili nella costruzione di un modello comportamentale di
generazione: valutazioni in fase previsionale. Sviluppi della Ricerca sui sistemi di trasporto. E. Cascetta e G. Salerno (ed.).
Franco Angeli, Milano, 119-145. ISBN 88-204-9318-7. (in Italian)
Proceedings of International Congresses
1. La Paix, L., Bierlaire, M., Cherchi, E. Monzón, A. and (2011) How urban environment affects travel behaviour? Integrated
Choice and Latent Variable Model for Travel Schedules. 2nd International Choice Modelling Conference, Harrogate, UK,
July 2011 (paper accepted).
2. Cherchi, E. and Manca, F. (2011) Accounting for inertia in modal choices: Some new evidence using RP/SP dataset. 90th
Seminar on Transportation Research Board. Washington DC, USA (on CD).
3. Cherchi, E. and Cirillo, C. (2010) Validation and forecasts in models estimated from multi-days travel survey European
Transport Conference. Glasgow, UK (on CD)
4. La Paix, L., Monzón, A. and Cherchi, E. (2010) Location effects on trip generation: Evidence from Madrid Metropolitan
Area. 12th World Conference on Transport Research. Lisbon, Portugal (on CD).
5. Yáñez, F., Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2010) Forecasting with discrete choice panel models incorporating temporal
effects. 12th World Conference on Transport Research. Lisbon, Portugal (on CD).
6. Cherchi, E. and Cirillo, C. (2010) On the day-to-day variability in modal choices: A mixed logit mode choice model on panel
data. XV Panamerican Conference. Lisbon, Portugal (on CD).
7. García L., Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2010) Distribución interportuaria del tráfico de contenedores: análisis del caso
español. XV Panamerican Conference. Lisbon, Portugal (on CD).
8. Cherchi, E. and Cirillo, C. (2010) Validation and forecasts in models estimated from multi-days travel survey. 89th Seminar
on Transportation Research Board. Washington DC, USA (on CD).
9. Yáñez, F. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2010) Defining Inter-Alternative Error Structures for Joint RP-SP Modelling:
Some New Evidence. 89th Seminar on Transportation Research Board. Washington DC, USA (on CD).
10. Cherchi, E. (2009) Modelling individual preferences, State of the art, recent advances and future directions. Resource paper
prepared for the 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research.
11. Cherchi, E. and Guevara C.A. (2009) A monte carlo experiment to analyse the curse of dimensionality in estimating random
coefficients models with a full variance-covariance matrix. 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research.
Jaipur, India, December, 2009. (on CD)
12. Yañez, F. Cherchi, E., Heydecker, B.G. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2009) Inertia and shock effects on mode choice panel data:
implications of the transantiago implementation. 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Jaipur, India,
December, 2009. (on CD)
13. Cherchi, E., Cirillo, C. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2009) A mixed logit mode choice model on panel data: accounting for different
correlation over time periods. 1st International Choice Modelling Conference. Harrogate, UK, March, 2009. (on the website)
14. Cherchi, E., Cirillo, C. and Polak, J. (2009) User Benefit Assessment in Presence of Random Taste Heterogeneity:
Comparison Between Parametric and Nonparametric Models. 88th Seminar on Transportation Research Board. Washington
DC, USA (on CD)..
15. Guevara, C.A., Cherchi, E. and Moreno, M. (2009) Estimating Random Coefficient Logit Models with Full Covariance
Matrix: Comparing Performance of Mixed Logit and Laplace Approximation Methods. 88th Seminar on Transportation
Research Board. Washington DC, USA (on CD).
16. Amador, F.J. and Cherchi, E. (2008) Econometric effects of utility order transformations in discrete choice models. XV
Panamerican Conference. Barranquilla, Colombia (on CD).
17. Yáñez, M.F., Cherchi, E., Heydecker, B.G. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2008) On the treatment of the repeated observations in
panel data: efficiency of Mixed Logit parameter estimates. XV Panamerican Conference. Barranquilla, Colombia (on CD).
18. Cherchi, E. and Cirillo, C. (2008) A modal mixed logit choice model on panel data: accounting for systematic and random
heterogeneity in preferences and tastes. 87th Seminar on Transportation Research Board. Washington DC, USA (on CD).
19. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2007) On the efficiency of Mixed Logit parameters estimates: analysing the effect of data
richness XIII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte. Santigago, Chile (on CD)
20. Cherchi. E (2007) Accounting for non-linearities and random heterogeneity in the estimation of willingness to pay with RP
and SP data. Workshop on Valuation Methods in Transport Planning, Oslo, Norway (on CD)
21. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2007) A Monte Carlo analysis to explore the effect of data richness in the empirical
identification of the mixed logit model. 11th World Conference on Transport Research, Berkeley, California (on CD)
22. Cherchi, E. and Polak, J. W. (2007) The implication of disregarding income effect in the assessment of user benefit using
discrete choice models. 86th Seminar on Transportation Research Board. Washington DC (on CD).
23. Cherchi, E. and Polak, J. W. (2007) Income Effects in the Evaluation of User Benefits Using Discrete Choice Models. 39th
Conference on UTSG. Leeds, UK (on CD).
24. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2006) On the use of mixed RP/SP models in prediction: accounting for random taste
heterogeneity. 11th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Kyoto, Japan (on CD)
25. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2005) Estimation and prediction with the Mixed Logit model: analysis of some
confounding effects. XII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,
Sociedad Chilena de Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago, 69-82. ISBN 0717-3482.
26. Cherchi, E., Polak, J. W. and Hyman, G. (2004) The implications of income, taste and substitution effects for the assessment
of user benefits using discrete choice models. European Transport Conference. Strasburg, France. ISBN 0-86050-343-7 (on
CD).
27. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2004) Random effect vs. error component in the Mixed Logit model: correlation,
heteroskedasticity, preference and response unobserved heterogeneity. 10th World Conference on Transport Research,
Istanbul, Turkey (on CD).
28. Contu, C., Cherchi, E. and Meloni I. (2004) Aggregated modal choice models: effects of interactions, squared terms, socioeconomic and highly individual variables 10th World Conference on Transport Research, Istanbul, Turkey (on CD)
29. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2003) Alternative specific variables in non-linear Utility Functions: Influence of
correlation, homoschedasticity and taste variations. 10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Lucerne,
Switzerland (on CD)
30. Cherchi, E. (2003) VOT derivation using mixed RP/SP data with non-linear functions. Doctoral Student Seminar in
Transportation Modeling at the Transportation Research Board 2003 Annual Meeting. Washington DC, USA (on CD).
31. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2003) Multimodal choice models with mixed RP/SP data: correlation, non-linearities and
income effect. Selected Proceeding 9TH World Conference on Transport Research, Seul, Corea, 2001. Pergamon-Elsevier
(ed.), Netherlands. ISBN 0-08-044274-9 (on CD).
32. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2003) On applying mixed RP/SP models to policy forecasts: some new evidence. En R.
Garrido y J.C. Muñoz (eds.), XI Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Universidad de Chile, Sociedad Chilena de
Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago, 115-127.
33. Cherchi, E., Meloni, I. and Ortúzar, J.de D. (2002) Policy forecasts involving new train services: application of mixed RP/SP
models with interaction effects. XII Panamerican Conference on Transport and Traffic Engineering. Quíto, Ecuador (on
CD)
34. Meloni, I., Cherchi, E.and Guala L. (1998) The impact of improvement in transportation supply on the participation in out of
on activities. 8TH World Conference on Transport Research, Antwerp, Belgium (on CD).
35. Meloni, I., Cherchi, E. e Guala, L. (1998) An analysis of time use data to assess the impact of improvements on the
transportation system: the application to a traffic corridor. International Symposium on Travel Demand Management,
Newcastle, England (on CD)
36. Fadda, P., Meloni, I., Cherchi, E. and Fancello G. (1995) A model of the transport system on a regional scale. Proceedings
4th International Conference on COMPUTER IN URBAN PLANNING and URBAN MANAGEMENT, Melbourne. R. Wyatt
and H. Hossain (ed.). Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 245254.
37. Fadda, P., Meloni, I., Cherchi, E. and Fancello G. (1995) A decision support system for supply policy realization in Sardinia
transport framework. III International Congress on Energy, Environment and Technological innovations, Caracas,
Venezuela. (on CD)
38. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1995) Temps et espace: perspective sur l’organisation de la mobilité urbaine. 1ère biennale des
villes ed des urbanistes d’Europe, Lyon, Francia, 139-144.
Proceedings of National Congresses
1. Cherchi, E. and Polak, J. W. (2009) Assessment of user benefit in presence of unusual demand: implication of disregarding
income effects. XI International Congress of the Italian Society of the Transportation. Milano, June, 2009.
2. Meloni, I., Spissu, E. and Cherchi, E. (2008) Le nuove tecniche di analisi e previsione della domanda di mobilità:
un’applicazione activity-based alla realtà italiana. X Riunione scientifica della Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti
e della Logistica. Sassari, June, 2008. (in Italian)
3. Cherchi, E. and Meloni, I. (2005) Metodi quantitativi per l’analisi della domanda potenziale dei sistemi di trasporto: due
esempi di applicazione alla riqualificazione del sistema ferroviario. 4° Conferenza Nazionale in Informatica e Pianificazione
Urbana e Territoriale, Alghero, Italy, 14-17 Settembre 2005. (in Italian)
4. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1997) Linee guida per la protezione e regolamentazione della mobilità nei centri storici. VI
seminario scientifico SIDT, Bologna. Aprile 1997. (in Italian)
5. Meloni, I. and Cherchi, E. (1994) La pianificazione di un sistema di trasporto collettivo innovativo per la città di Cagliari:
analisi della domanda su un corridoio di traffico. XXII Convegno AIPCR, Perugia, 43-55. (in Italian)
6. Meloni, I., Cherchi, E. Fancello, G. and Sulis F. (1993) Specificazione delle variabili significative nell’interpretazione del
fenomeno della mobilità non sistematica. XIV Conference AISRe, Bologna, 1420-1434. (in Italian)
7. Meloni, I., Cherchi, E. Fancello, G. and Sulis F. (1993) La generazione/ attrazione della mobilità: un approccio
comportamentale agli spostamenti per motivo studio-universitario. XIV Conference AISRe, Bologna, 1270-1283. (in Italian)
Working Papers
1. Strazzera, E., Cherchi, E. and Ferrini, S. (2008) A Choice Modelling Approach for Assessment of Use and Option Values in
Urban Planning for Areas of Environmental Interest. Working Paper PRUA n.4, Department of Economics, University of
Venice. Italy.
2. Cherchi, E. and Polak, J.W. (2004) The implications of income, taste and substitution effects for the assessment of user
benefits using discrete choice models. Working Paper. Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College. UK
3. Cherchi, E. e Meloni, I. (2004) Modelli di scelta discreta utilizzando dati SP di scelta generalizzata: applicazione alla scelta tra
servizi nel trasporto delle merci. Working Paper 11/04. CRiMM, Università di Cagliari. (in Italian)
4. Contu, C., Cherchi, E. e Meloni, I. (2004) Analisi della scala di preferenza nella stima di modelli di scelta del servizio con dati
SP di scelta generalizzata. Working Paper 12/04. CRiMM, Università di Cagliari. (in Italian)
5. Deiana, T., Cherchi, E. e Meloni, I. (2004) Analisi bibliografica dei modelli di scelta modale per il trasporto delle merci.
Working Paper 09/04. CRiMM, Università di Cagliari. (in Italian)
6. Cherchi, E. (2003) A note on the microeconomic derivation of the wage rate model. Working Paper 09/03. CRiMM,
Università di Cagliari, Italia.
7. Cherchi, E. and Ortúzar, J. de D. (2002) On fitting mode specific constants in the presence of new options in RP/SP models.
Working Paper N.82. Department of Transport Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
8. Cherchi, E. (2000) Utilizzo dei Focus Group per lo studio dei comportamenti nelle scelte di viaggio. Working Paper 01/00.
CRiMM, Università di Cagliari, Italia (in Italian)
TRANSPORT PLANS AND PROJECTS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
YEAR COMMISSIONED BY PROJECT/PLANT
1993
1994
1994/
2000
Transport Ministry –
Sardinian Rail / Private
Consultants
Preliminary project for completion of the Monserrato-S.Paolo railway link
Local administration /
Private Consultants
Traffic Plan for the town of Quartu S.Elena
Consultant for the mobility analysis in the Cagliari conurbation.
Consultant for social, economic, land planning and transport demand focusing on
problems connected with seasonal demand (summer attraction of beaches)
Regional Administration Update Regional Transport Plan (RTP)
/University
Co-operated in analysing inter-municipality and macrozonal transport and in
constructing the relative generation and distribution models.
Operational co-ordination of RTP implementation and responsible for modelling
the transport system and its interaction with the regional economic model in cooperation with MVA, London, and DSC, Cambridge (integrated land use/transport
model).
1995/
1996
Regional Administration Functionality - Highway SS 131
/ University
Consultant for road transport demand forecasting.
1997/
2000
Provincial
Administration /
University
1997/
1998
Local Administration /
Private Consultants
Town Plan of Cagliari
1998/
1999
Local Administration /
Private Consultants
General Town Plan of Alghero
1999
Italian Rail / University
di Cagliari
1999/
2000
Reorganisation of services in the metropolitan area of Cagliari
Collaborated in the project for the demand analysis and responsible for transport
surveys in the metropolitan area (survey sample 30,000 individuals). Responsible
for developing demand models.
Collaborated in drawing up the town plan for the part on infrastructures and
mobility.
Collaborated in drawing up the GTP of the town of Alghero (40,000 inhabitants)
and in particular consultant for mobility demand analysis focusing on problems
connected with seasonal demand.
Revitalization of the Cagliari to Decimo railway in a metropolitan system
Coordinated mobility analysis for defining new railway stations along the Cagliari
to Decimo corridor for conversion to a metropolitan service.
Regional Administration Assessment of current and potential demand for regional and local rail
/Private Consultant
services in Lombardy
Member of the team (Systematica Italia & SDG-London) that won an international
competition for implementing a multimodel traffic model for assessing potential
demand for regional and local rail services in Lombardy.
1999/
2000
Private
2000/
2001
Regional Administration Research on compatibility of public transport service with EU regulations
/University
Collaborated in the mobility demand analysis and responsible for designing and
analysing RP and SP surveys.
2000/
2001
Regional Administration Research on air transport as a basic element for ensuring continuity between
/University
Sardinia and the Italian mainland also in relation to the changing community
policies in this sector.
Optimisation of public bus transport service for the disabled
Responsible for designing a public bus transport service for the disabled to
rehabilitation centres in Cagliari
Collaborated in the project for the part concerning mobility demand analysis.
2000/
2001
Provincial
Administration/Private
Consultants
Project of the transport system for the road along Poetto beach
Collaborated in the project for the part concerning mobility demand analysis and
responsible for designing RP and SP surveys and for the modal choice modelling.
2000/
2001
Provincial
Administration/Private
Consultants
Collaborated in drawing up General Traffic Plan for the town of Nuoro (38.000
inhabitants).
2001
Sardinian Rail/ Private
Consultants
Feasibility study for the modernisation of the Sassari-Alghero railway
(Sardinian Rail)
General Nuoro Traffic Plan
Responsible for the RP and SP surveys design, modal choice modelling, analysis of
demand elasticity, calculation of value of time and demand forecasting.
2001
Mobility and
Environment Agency
Analysis of potential demand in the municipalities incorporated in the Milan
Urban Area Services
Member of the tenders committee in quality of expert in potential demand analysis
techniques.
2002
Department of Public
Education
Feasibility study and definition of service contract for provision of school bus
service in Quartu S.Elena
Private consultant for performing feasibility study concerning school bus service in
Quartu S.Elena and for preparing service contract.
2002
Ministry of Public
Education / University
of Cagliari
Definition of the educational profile for the IFTS courses
Collaborated in the definition of the educational profiles (knowledge, skills and
application fields) for Technical Expert on Urban Public Transport.
2005
ESSEMME / University Public transport and parking improvement study for the city of Oristano.
of Cagliari
Responsible for analysing potential demand for the new public transport scheme.
Collaborated in designing the new public transport service.
2005
Transport Department of Feasibility study for underground parking facilities in the historic centre of
Local Administration
Cagliari
Collaborator for the study.
2005
Private
Feasibility study for the road connections “lIoni-Grottaminarda” e
“A1(Capua), Area Domiziana and Flegrea” in the regional road system
Responsible for analysing potential demand and assessing the value of time for
route choice.
2005/
2006
Regional Administration Regional Transport Plan Update
/ University of Cagliari Collaborated in operational coordination of the study. Scientific coordinator for
travel demand analysis. Responsible for the analysis of intermunicipal and
interprovincial mobility and construction of demand models.
2007
SIL/University of
Cagliari CIREM
2008
Chamber of Commerce
Project for the development of the port and airport of Oristano city
Responsible for analysing potential demand of the airport.
Policies for the development of the economic and territorial system
Collaborator for analysing the intermodality for intra-regional demand.