Frank Koppelman

Professor emeritus

A318 Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

E-mail address: f-koppelman@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-8794
Fax: (847) 491-4011

Curriculum Vitae:

Education

• B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering
• M.B.A., Harvard University, Gradute School of Business Administration
• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering

Research

Professor Koppelman's research interests are in the development and application of advanced logit models to the study of urban and intercity travel demand. His current research includes development and refinement of activity based travel models, models of intercity passenger travel behavior and models of air traveler preferences for carriers, schedule and classes.

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Teaching Activities

• CIV_ENG-306 Uncertainty Analysis
• CIV_ENG-371 Introduction to Transportation Planning and Analysis (jointly with CIV_ENG-479)
• CIV_ENG-479 Transportation Systems Planning and Management (jointly with CIV_ENG-371)
• CIV_ENG-480-1 Travel Demand Analysis and Forecasting I
• CIV_ENG-480-2 Travel Demand Analysis and Forecasting II
• CIV_ENG-517 Transportation Seminar
• CIV_ENG-574 Transportation Systems Seminar Discrete Choice Methods With Simulation

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor, Transportation Research, Part B(1986-2002)

Honors and Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award, The International Association for Travel Behavior Research (2003)
• Member Emeritus, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council (2003)
• Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award (1986)

Selected Publications

Books and Training Manuals:

• A Self Instructing Course in Mode Choice Modeling: Multinomial and Nested Logit Models, prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, F.S. Koppelman and C. Bhat, 2006.
• View Manual as PDF       Download ZIPPED File of Data and Selected Models
• A Self-Instructing Course in Disaggregate Mode Choice Modeling, prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transit Administration, Office of Technical Assistance, J.L. Horowitz, F.S. Koppelman and S.R. Lerman, 1986.
• View Base Manual as PDF       Download Exercise in Model Specification (CALIB)

Recent Publications:

• "Closed Form Discrete Choice Models",  F.S. Koppelman, Chapter, Handbook of Transport Modeling, D.A. Hensher and K.J. Button (eds.), Pergamon Press, Oxford, December 2006.
• "Comparative Analysis of Sequential and Simultaneous Choice Structures for Modeling Intra-Household Interactions," Vovsha, P., Gliebe, J., Petersen, E. and F.S. Koppelman, in Progress in Activity-Based Analysis, Timmermans, H. (ed.), Elsevier, 2005.
• "Modeling household activity-travel interactions as parallel constrained choices," Gliebe, J.P. and. Koppelman, F.S., Transportation , V32, N5, 2005, pp. 449 - 471.
• "Efficient estimation of nested logit models using choice-based samples," Garrow, L.A., F.S. Koppelman and B.L. Nelson, in Transportation and Traffic Theory Flow, Dynamics and Interactions, Mahmassani, H.S. (ed.), Elsevier, 2005. pp. 525-544.
• "Modeling the competition among air-travel itinerary shares: GEV model development," Coldren, G.M. and F.S. Koppelman, Transportation Research, Part A , V.39, N.4, 2005, 345-365.
• "Predicting air travelers' show, no-show and standby behavior using passenger and directional itinerary information," Garrow, L.A. and F.S. Koppelman, Journal of Air Transport Management, V.10, 2004, 401-411.
• "Multinomial and nested logit models of airlines passengers' no-show and standby behaviour" Garrow, L.A. and F.S. Koppelman,  Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, V.3, N.3. 2004, 237-253.
• "The Generalized Nested Logit Model" C-H. Wen and Frank S. Koppelman, Transportation Research-B, V 35, N 7, 2001, pp 627-641 .
• "Incorporating Complex Substitution Patterns and Variance Scaling" Vaneet Sethi and F.S. Koppelman, Travel Behavior Research's: The Leading Edge, D. Henscher(ed), Perganom Press, 2001 pp. 375-396.