School Mode Choice Classification Model Exploitation Though Artificial Intelligence Classification Application

Abstract

Human behavior pattern recognition exploited using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) is at the core of Artificial Intelligence (AI) classification applications. School trip transport forecasting mode selection based upon ANN forecasting ability provided an easy-to-use scientific toolkit for sustainable urban policies designing and implementation. The paper capitalized acknowledged forecasting ability of ANN to recognize and classify behavior patterns leading to parental decisions of school mode choice. Main stages of this research included the conduction of an extended questionnaire survey in 512 parents of school students in Thessaloniki (northern Greece) and the investigation whether ANN forecasting model could classify school mode choice. Research provided promising results (forecasting ability ranging from 76% to 93%) on school mode parental selection forecasting models based on ANN classifier, providing a solid proof of concept for further investigation.