The dataset contains information about 14 million bank card transactions made by customers of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) in the metropolitan areas of Barcelona and Madrid in 2011. For both case studies, we only consider the credit card payments whose amount was inferior to 1000 euros, and which were made inside the metropolitan areas, by bank customers that lived and worked in t...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Informational website Online and offline behavior Decomposition Do customers increase or decrease their spending in response to the introduction of an informational website? To answer this question, this study considers the effects of the introduction and use of an informational website by a large national retailer on offline customer buying behavior. More specif...

Abstract— In this paper, a new model is proposed for optimal planning of daily charging and power delivering from/to the power system considering time schedule of trips for electric vehicles. In this model, trips are categorized in job, shopping, educational, and pleasure and possible times to charge/injection are considered based on type of trip and limitations of charging stations. In the opt...

In Chinese megacity centers, substandard housing is being removed. The inhabitants are relocated to peripheral large-scale residential areas, and we call them “relocatees”. After the relocation, their quality improved but travel may worsen. Little attention has been paid change in equity over time for shopping-related trips of relocatees non-relocatees these areas rapidly developing countries, ...

Reducing car use is commonly considered as a potential strategy to reduce transport-related problems such traffic congestion and air pollution. The increasing of online shopping may potentially replace trips, thus possibly reducing use. However, owners – compared non-car can more easily visit physical stores transport goods. Therefore, it be assumed that less likely trips for owners. Using 653 ...

To achieve the x-minute city, we need to understand which destinations are currently reachable or can be reached by sustainable modes within a defined travel time threshold. We find that concentrating on set of (Leisure and Shopping) disregarding work trips from definition city potentially make this concept more attainable one for 15- 30-minute concepts in North American context. For shopping t...

We develop an individual-level integrated Bayesian model for store shopping trips to capture the relationship between a consumer’s shopping path through the store and her purchasing behavior. Using dynamic latent “attractions” of different zones and product categories in the store as fundamental constructs, our model jointly captures three key aspects of a consumer’s within-store behavior: whic...

Bored toddlers (children at the age of 1-3) often cause stress for parents during shopping trips in supermarkets. Sitting in the front of the shopping cart, they often grouch or arrogate different articles such as sweets or toys. The reason for this behavior is often the lack of useful activities for kids during shopping of their parents. In this paper, a concept for contextual learning games i...