Modeling spatial search processes such as residential location search are challenging, particularly, due to the need to deal with a large dataset and wide array of factors. This introduces a multi-dimensionality challenge to location search modeling. With the motivation to accommodate multi-dimensionality, this paper develops a machine learning–based Gaussian mixture model (GMM) for location search. This study accommodates the effects of several factors including accessibility, land use, dwelling, transportation infrastructure, and neighborhood attributes on location search decisions. The spatial unit of analysis is dwelling-level. This study conceptualizes that households’ search for location based on their reason to move. The pool of alternatives for each household is generated based on probability estimates of GMM. The location choice model considering the reason-based GMM outperforms the model without considering relocation reasons in GMM and random sampling-based model in-terms of predictive performance. The search model has been implemented in an integrated urban model.


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    Title :

    A residential location search model based on the reasons for moving out



    Published in:

    Transportation Letters ; 16 , 6 ; 566-580


    Publication date :

    2024-07-02


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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