Distance-decay functions of travel to work trips in India.
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Publication Date
2018-12Journal Title
Data in brief
ISSN
2352-3409
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
21
Pages
50-58
Language
eng
Type
Article
Physical Medium
Electronic-eCollection
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Goel, R. (2018). Distance-decay functions of travel to work trips in India.. Data in brief, 21 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.096
Abstract
Abstract
In 2011, for the first time, Census in India reported travel distance and mode of travel for the workers.
The distance reported is in the form of aggregate counts for each mode of travel in 7 distance bins (0–1
km, 2–5 km, 6–10 km, 11–20 km, 21–30 km, 31–50 km, and >50 km). In this data article, methods are
described to model categorical count data as distance-decay functions using continuous probability
distributions. The distributions have been developed for 8 categories of modes—walk, cycle, motorised
two-wheelers, car, tempo/auto rickshaw/taxi, bus, train, and all modes combined, for the 33 mainland
states of India and all states combined. Distance for walk is modelled using exponential distribution, and
for all the other modes using lognormal or Weibull distribution. For estimating parameters of the
distributions, chi-square minimization has been used in a spreadsheet program. The data presented
includes parameters of the 272 (34×8) probability distributions as well as descriptive statistics of these
distributions.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.096
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285652