Sebastián Astroza is an assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering of Universidad de Concepción and a researcher at the Institute of Complex Engineering Systems.
He is a civil engineer and holds a master’s degree in Transport from Universidad de Chile, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas.
RESEARCH AREAS
His research focuses on urban mobility and transportation, with studies on sustainable transportation modes, discrete choice models, spatial econometrics, travel demand models, and behavioral models related to access and mobility.
He is the Principal Investigator of Fondecyt Project No. 1221724: «A microeconomic theory-based time-use model with detailed activity classification and heterogeneous minimum time allocations: the value of time of Chilean workers and non-workers».
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Jara-Díaz, S.R., Morales, M., and Astroza, S. (2023) Transcending the gender distribution of work: committed time, activity substitution, and leisure. Transportation. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-023-10438-5
Astroza, S., Guarda, P., & Carrasco, J. A. (2022). Modeling the relationship between food purchasing, transport, and health outcomes: Evidence from Concepcion, Chile. Journal Of Choice Modelling, 42, 100341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2021.100341
González-Espejo, F., Astroza, S., & Hurtubia, R. (2022). On the relation between school and residential location choice: Evidence of heterogeneous strategies from Santiago de Chile. Journal Of Transport Geography, 102, 103359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103359
Salas, P., De la Fuente, R., Astroza, S., & Carrasco, J. A. (2022). A systematic comparative evaluation of machine learning classifiers and discrete choice models for travel mode choice in the presence of response heterogeneity. Expert Systems With Applications, 193, 116253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116253
Leung, K. Y., Astroza, S., Loo, B. P., & Bhat, C. R. (2019). An environment-people interactions framework for analysing children’s extra-curricular activities and active transport. Journal Of Transport Geography, 74, 341-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.12.015
Astroza, S., Garikapati, V., Pendyala, R. M., Bhat, C. R., & Mokhtarian, P. L. (2018). Representing heterogeneity in structural relationships among multiple choice variables using a latent segmentation approach. Transportation, 46(5), 1755-1784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9882-7
Astroza, S., Bhat, P. C., Bhat, C. R., Pendyala, R. M., & Garikapati, V. (2018). Understanding activity engagement across weekdays and weekend days: A multivariate multiple discrete-continuous modeling approach. Journal Of Choice Modelling, 28, 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2018.05.004
Nair, G. S., Astroza, S., Bhat, C. R., Khoeini, S., & Pendyala, R. M. (2018). An application of a rank ordered probit modeling approach to understanding level of interest in autonomous vehicles. Transportation, 45(6), 1623-1637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9945-9
Singh, A., Astroza, S., Garikapati, V., Pendyala, R. M., Bhat, C. R., & Mokhtarian, P. L. (2018). Quantifying the Contribution of Various Factors to Household Vehicle Miles of Travel. Transportation Research Board 97th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. https://trid.trb.org/view/1497326
Astroza, S., Garikapati, V., Bhat, C. R., Pendyala, R. M., Lavieri, P. S., & Dias, F. F. (2017). Analysis of the Impact of Technology Use on Multimodality and Activity Travel Characteristics. Transportation Research Record, 2666(1), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.3141/2666-03
