Survival Analysis–Based Dynamic Travel Demand Models for Hurricane Evacuation
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Two dynamic travel demand models for hurricane evacuation based on survival analysis are presented: a Cox proportional hazards model and a piecewise exponential model. These models were used to estimate the probability of a household's evacuating within discrete time intervals before hurricane landfall as a function of the household's socioeconomic characteristics, the characteristics of the hurricane, and management practice in terms of the issuance of an evacuation order. Data from southeast Louisiana collected following Hurricane Andrew were applied. Both models reproduced the evacuation behavior satisfactorily, although the piecewise exponential model was slightly more accurate. Both appear capable of modeling dynamic hurricane evacuation travel demand. However, the Cox model cannot accommodate certain time-dependent variables because of its structure. The piecewise exponential model does not have such a limitation. The piecewise exponential model also has the advantage of estimating the baseline hazards endogenously.
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