Publications and communications of Mario Cools

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing

Cools, M., Deuse, C., & Reiter, S. (2024). Biases in self-reported travel behaviour: Effects on self-reported travel distance, travel time and rain prevalence. Transportation Research Procedia, 76, 62 - 69. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.038

Kuhnimhof, T., Fabre, L., & Cools, M. (2024). Workshop synthesis: Data Fusion - Generating More Than a Sum of Parts. Transportation Research Procedia, 76, 670 - 677. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.090

Cisterna, C.* , Madani, N.* , Bandiera, C.* , Viti, F., & Cools, M. (December 2023). MaaS modelling: a review of factors, customers’ profiles, choices and business models. European Transport Research Review, 15 (1). doi:10.1186/s12544-023-00597-y
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Van Droogenbroeck, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (December 2023). A longitudinal analysis of the COVID-19 effects on the variability in human activity spaces in Quito, Ecuador. Journal of Transport Geography, 113, 103735. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103735

De Ceunynck, T., Wijlhuizen, G. J., Fyhri, A., Gerike, R., Köhler, D., Ciccone, A., Dijkstra, A., Dupont, E., & Cools, M. (February 2023). Behavioural Profiling of Cycling and Walking in Nine European Cities. Sustainability, 15 (3), 1996. doi:10.3390/su15031996

Karbasi, A. H., Mehrabani, B. B., Cools, M., Sgambi, L., & Saffarzadeh, M. (2023). Comparison of Speed-Density Models in the Age of Connected and Automated Vehicles. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2677 (3), 849–865. doi:10.1177/03611981221118531

Madani, N., Creemers, L., Moeinaddini, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (December 2022). Low-cost shared mobility alternatives in rural areas: A case study of ride-sharing benches in the German-speaking community of Belgium. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10 (4), 2393 - 2400. doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2022.11.002

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Van Droogenbroeck, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (29 November 2022). An anonymised longitudinal GPS location dataset to understand changes in activity-travel behaviour between pre- and post-COVID periods. Data in Brief, 45, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108776

Flas, M., Halleux, J.-M., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (08 September 2022). Identifying housing vacancy using data on registered addresses and domestic consumption. Housing Studies, 40. doi:10.1080/02673037.2022.2119212

Joshi, M., Rodler, A., Musy, M., Guernouti, S., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2022). Identifying urban morphological archetypes for microclimate studies using a clustering approach. Building and Environment. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109574

Hosseinzadeh Bahreini, S., Reiter, S., & Cools, M. (30 June 2022). Modeling household car ownership in Belgium. International Journal of Transport Development and Integration, 6 (2), 183 - 196. doi:10.2495/TDI-V6-N2-183-196

Asadi-Shekari, Z., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (February 2022). Applying Machine Learning to Explore Feelings about Sharing the Road with Autonomous Vehicles as a Bicyclist or as a Pedestrian. Sustainability, 14 (3), 1898. doi:10.3390/su14031898

Nguyen, B. N., Prevedello, C., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2022). Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium. Utilities Policy. doi:10.1016/j.jup.2021.101281

Saadi, I., Aganze, R., Moeinaddini, M., Asadi-Shekari, Z., & Cools, M. (2022). A participatory assessment of perceived neighbourhood walkability in a small urban environment. Sustainability, 14 (1), 1-16. doi:10.3390/su14010206

Labdaoui, K., Mazouz, S., Moeinaddini, M., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2021). The Street Walkability and Thermal Comfort Index (SWTCI): A new assessment tool combining street design measurements and thermal comfort. Science of the Total Environment. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148663

Almeida, C., Hamer, L. J., & Cools, M. (2021). Metodologia para Avaliação de Rotas Cicloviárias sob o Enfoque da Psicologia Ambiental. Paranoá: Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, (31). doi:10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n31.2021.04

Gong, S., Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (25 May 2021). Validation of MCMC-Based Travel Simulation Framework Using Mobile Phone Data. Frontiers in Future Transportation, 2, 10. doi:10.3389/ffutr.2021.660929

Almeida, C., Yamashita, Y., Cools, M., Marchal, J., & Piette, B. (29 April 2021). Methodology Focused on Identifying Variables Necessary to Develop Logistics Clusters. Journal of Sustainable Development, 14 (3), 147-163. doi:10.5539/jsd.v14n3p147

Diaz Cisternas, M. A., Cools, M., Trebilcock, M., Piderit-Moreno, B., & Attia, S. (08 April 2021). Effects of Climatic Conditions, Season and Environmental Factors on CO2 Concentrations in Naturally Ventilated Primary Schools in Chile. Sustainability, 8 (13), 4139. doi:10.3390/su13084139

De Ceunynck, T., Wijlhuizen, G. J., Fyhri, A., Gerike, R., Köhler, D., Ciccone, A., Dijkstra, A., Dupont, E., & Cools, M. (April 2021). Assessing the willingness to use personal e-transporters (PeTs): Results from a cross-national survey in nine European cities. Sustainability, 13 (7), 3844. doi:10.3390/su13073844

Ruellan, G., Cools, M., & Attia, S. (19 February 2021). Analysis of the Determining Factors for the Renovation of the Walloon Residential Building Stock. Sustainability, 13 (4), 2221. doi:10.3390/su13042221

Van Acker, V., Sandoval, S., & Cools, M. (11 January 2021). Value-Based Approach to Assess the Impact of Lifestyles on Mode Shares. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2675 (3), 313 - 325. doi:10.1177/0361198120971261

Labdaoui, K., Mazouz, S., Acidi, A., Cools, M., Moeinaddini, M., & Teller, J. (2021). Utilizing thermal comfort and walking facilities to propose a Comfort Walkability index (CWI) at the neighbourhood level. Building and Environment. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107627

Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (October 2020). Investigating on-road crash risk and traffic offences in Vietnam using the motorcycle rider behaviour questionnaire (MRBQ). Safety Science, 130. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104868

Meesmann, U., Torfs, K., & Cools, M. (October 2020). Socio-cognitive factors in road safety monitoring: Cross-cultural comparison of driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or medication. IATSS Research, 44 (3). doi:10.1016/j.iatssr.2020.09.004

Muvuna, J., Boutaleb, T., Mickovski, S. B., Baker, K., Mohammad, G. S., Cools, M., & Selmi, W. (June 2020). Information integration in a smart city system-a case study on air pollution removal by green infrastructure through a vehicle smart routing system. Sustainability, 12 (12), 5099. doi:10.3390/su12125099

Wilmotte, P.-F.* , Mostert, M.* , Christmann, N.* , Lambotte, J.-M., & Cools, M. (2020). Opportunities for reinforcing cross-border railway connections: the case of the Liège (Belgium) - Maastricht (the Netherlands) connection. European Planning Studies. doi:10.1080/09654313.2019.1623976
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Attia, S., Garat, S., & Cools, M. (15 June 2019). Development and validation of a survey for wellbeing and interaction assessment by occupants in office buildings with adaptive facades. Building and Environment, 157, 268-276. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.04.054

Desdemoustier, J., Crutzen, N., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2019). Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making. Cities, 92, 175-186. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.03.021

Saadi, I., Farooq, B., Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (15 November 2018). An efficient hierarchical model for multi-source information fusion. Expert Systems with Applications, 110, 352-362. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2018.06.018

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (15 September 2018). Investigating the impact of river floods on travel demand based on an agent-based modeling approach: The case of Liège, Belgium. Transport Policy, 67, 102-110. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.09.009

Saadi, I., Eftekhar, H., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (30 July 2018). Investigating scalability in population synthesis: a comparative approach. Transportation Planning and Technology, 41 (7), 724-735. doi:10.1080/03081060.2018.1504182

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Rienow, A., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (March 2018). Comparing support vector machines with logistic regression for calibrating cellular automata land use change models. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 51 (1), 391-401. doi:10.1080/22797254.2018.1442179

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Heppenstall, A., Omrani, H., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (January 2018). Modelling built-up expansion and densification with multinomial logistic regression, cellular automata and genetic algorithm. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 67, 147-156. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2017.09.009

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2018). Understanding urban development types and drivers in Wallonia. A multi-density approach. International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining, 13 (Nos. 1/2/3), 309–330. doi:10.1504/IJBIDM.2017.10004788

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2018). A Time Monte Carlo method for addressing uncertainty in land-use change models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 32 (11), 2317-2333. doi:10.1080/13658816.2018.1503275

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Van Rompaey, A., Cools, M., Saadi, I., & Teller, J. (2018). Addressing the determinants of built-up expansion and densification processes at the regional scale. Urban Studies, 55 (15), 3279–3298. doi:10.1177/0042098017749176

Nguyen Dang Hoang Thu, & Cools, M. (2018). An analysis of the development of port operation in da Nang Port, Vietnam. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 143 (1). doi:10.1088/1755-1315/143/1/012073

Saadi, I., Bruwier, M., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Peltier, Y., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Orban, P., Dassargues, A., Dewals, B., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2018). Development trajectory of an integrated framework for the mitigation of future flood risk: results from the FloodLand project. Transportation Letter, 10 (5), 243-256. doi:10.1080/19427867.2016.1256120

Saadi, I., Wong, M., Farooq, B., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (08 March 2017). An investigation into machine learning approaches for forecasting spatio-temporal demand in ride-hailing service. Computing Research Repository (CoRR), abs/1703.02433.

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Cools, M., Saadi, I., & Teller, J. (2017). Coupling agent-based, cellular automata and logistic regression into a hybrid urban expansion model (HUEM). Land Use Policy, 69C, 529-540. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.009

van Gils, T., Ramaekers, K., Caris, & Cools, M. (2017). The use of time series forecasting in zone order picking systems to predict order pickers’ workload. International Journal of Production Research. doi:10.1080/00207543.2016.1216659

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (August 2016). Forecasting travel behavior using Markov Chains-based approaches. Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies, 69, 402-417. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2016.06.020

Belaid, E., Limbourg, S., Mostert, M., Rigo, P., & Cools, M. (2016). Bi-objective Road and Pipe Network Design for Crude Oil Transport in the Sfax Region in Tunisia. Procedia Engineering, 142, 108-115. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.02.020

Cools, M., Fabbro, Y., & Bellemans, T. (2016). Free public transport: A socio-cognitive analysis. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 86, 96-107. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2016.02.010

Cools, M., & Moons, E. (2016). Handling Intrahousehold Correlations in Modeling Travel: Comparison of Hierarchical Models and Marginal Models. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2565, 8–17. doi:10.3141/2565-02

Eftekhar, H., Creemers, L., & Cools, M. (2016). Effect of Traveler’s Nationality on Daily Travel Time Expenditure Using Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression Models: Results from Belgian National Household Travel Survey. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2565, 65–77. doi:10.3141/2565-08

Limbourg, S., Giang, H. T. Q., & Cools, M. (2016). Logistics Service Quality: The Case of Da Nang City. Procedia Engineering, 142, 124-130. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.02.022

Saadi, I., Boussauw, K., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Trends in regional jobs-housing proximity based on the minimum commute: The case of Belgium. Journal of Transport Geography, 57, 171-183. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.10.010

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., Farooq, B., & Cools, M. (2016). Hidden Markov Model-based population synthesis. Transportation Research. Part B, Methodological, 90, 1-21. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2016.04.007

Creemers, L., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (April 2015). Meteorological variation in daily travel behaviour: evidence from revealed preference data from the Netherlands. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 120 (1-2), 183-194. doi:10.1007/s00704-014-1169-0

Creemers, L., Tormans, H., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2015). Knowledge of the concept Light Rail Transit: Exploring its relevance and identification of the determinants of various knowledge levels. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 74, 31-43. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2015.02.010

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., & Janssens, D. (2015). Bayesian inference for transportation origin–destination matrices: the Poisson–inverse Gaussian and other Poisson mixtures. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in Society, 178 (1), 271-296. doi:10.1111/rssa.12057

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (12 December 2014). Measuring the Effect of Stochastic Perturbation Component in Cellular Automata Urban Growth Model. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 22 (Winter), 156–168. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2014.11.016

Caris, A., Limbourg, S., Macharis, C., van Lier, T., & Cools, M. (2014). Integration of inland waterway transport in the intermodal supply chain: a taxonomy of research challenges. Journal of Transport Geography, 41, 126–136. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.022

Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cui, J., Wang, Y., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2014). Building a validation measure for activity-based transportation models based on mobile phone data. Expert Systems with Applications, 41 (14), 6174-6189. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2014.03.054

Cools, M., & Creemers, L. (2013). The dual role of weather forecasts on changes in activity-travel behavior. Journal of Transport Geography, 28, 167-175. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.11.002

Liu, F., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2013). Annotating mobile phone location data with activity purposes using machine learning algorithms. Expert Systems with Applications, 40 (8), 3299–3311. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2012.12.100

Ramaekers, K., Reumers, S., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2013). Modelling Route Choice Decisions of Car Travellers Using Combined GPS and Diary Data. Networks and Spatial Economics, 13 (3), 351-372. doi:10.1007/s11067-013-9184-8

Reumers, S., Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cools, M., & Wets, G. (2013). Semantic Annotation of Global Positioning System Traces: Activity Type Inference. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2383, 35-43. doi:10.3141/2383-05

Tormans, H., Miermans, W., Cools, M., Polders, E., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2013). Performance Assessment of Local Mobility Policy-Making Administrations Using the Principles of Total Quality Management in Flanders, Belgium: Expounding the Decision-Making Processes. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 7 (4), 318-346. doi:10.1080/15568318.2011.633155

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Tormans, H., De Laender, J., & Wets, G. (2012). Optimizing the implementation of policy measures through social acceptance segmentation. Transport Policy, 22, 80–87. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.05.013

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Tormans, H., Moons, E., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). The socio-cognitive links between road pricing acceptability and changes in travel-behavior. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 45 (8), 779-788. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2011.06.006

Cools, M., Moons, E., Creemers, L., & Wets, G. (2010). Changes in Travel Behavior in Response to Weather Conditions: Do Type of Weather and Trip Purpose Matter. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2157, 22-28. doi:10.3141/2157-03

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Calibrating Activity-Based Models with External Origin-Destination Information: Overview Of Different Possibilities. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2175, 98-110. doi:10.3141/2175-12

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Quality of Origin-Destination Matrices Derived from Activity Travel Surveys: Results from a Monte Carlo Experiment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2183, 49-59. doi:10.3141/2183-06

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Weather on Traffic Intensity. Weather, Climate, and Society, 2 (1), 60–68. doi:10.1175/2009WCAS1014.1

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2157, 29-37. doi:10.3141/2157-04

Cools, M., Moons, E., Janssens, B., & Wets, G. (2009). Shifting Towards Environment-Friendly Modes: Profiling Travelers using Q-Methodology. Transportation, 36 (4), 437-453. doi:10.1007/s11116-009-9206-z

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). Investigating the Variability in Daily Traffic Counts Trough Use of ARIMAX and SARIMAX Models: Assessing the Effect of Holidays on Two Site Locations. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2136, 57-66. doi:10.3141/2136-07

Janssens, D., Cools, M., Moons, E., Wets, G., Arentze, T., & Timmermans, H. (2009). Road Pricing as an Impetus for Environment-Friendly Travel Behavior: Results from a Stated Adaptation Experiment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2115, 50-59. doi:10.3141/2115-07

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). Investigating Effect of Holidays on Daily Traffic Counts: Time Series Approach. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2019, 22-31. doi:10.3141/2019-04

Scientific conferences in universities or research centers

Bebronne, E., Limbourg, S., & Cools, M. (12 September 2023). Shedding light on the attitude and behaviour at night: Examining the relationship between public lighting and nocturnal mobility [Paper presentation]. OR65 The OR Society's Annual Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.

Bebronne, E., Limbourg, S., & Cools, M. (25 May 2023). Shedding light on passenger modal choice: Examining the relationship between public lighting and nocturnal mobility [Paper presentation]. 37th annual conference of the Belgian Operational Research Society (ORBEL 37), Liège, Belgium.

Scientific congresses and symposiums

Published communications

Hoang, H., & Cools, M. (2023). Understanding Smartphone Usage Behavior among Motorcycle Riders Using an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. In The proceedings of COMB-2023. FINANCE PUBLISHING HOUSE.

Hoang, H., Bui Trung Hiep, & Cools, M. (2023). System and Human Errors in Vietnam Motorcycle Road Traffic: A Study Using the Extended Driving Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). In C. M. J. Tampere, M. Cools, ... S. Proost, Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2023 (pp. 431-446). Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven.

Bui Trung Hiep, Nguyen Son Tung, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2021). The effects of personality factors and attitudes toward traffic safety on driving outcomes in Vietnam. In V. W. Bert (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2021 (9th, pp. 46-58). Delft, Netherlands: Delft University of Technology and TRAIL.

Nguyen Son Tung, Moeinaddini, M., Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2021). Understanding the factors influencing public transport mode choice behavior of Vietnamese motorcyclists. In V. W. Bert (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2021 (9th, pp. 381-393). Delft, Netherlands: Delft University of Technology and TRAIL.

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Van Droogenbroeck, M., Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2021). Variability of people's activity space using GPS-based trajectory data. In The role of transport in urban, energy and climate transitions.

Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (2019). The Motorcycle Rider Behavirour Questionnaire (MRBQ) in relation to on-road crash risks and traffic offences in Vietnam. In W. Frank (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2019 (pp. 1-18). Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University.

Moncayo Unda, M. G., Saadi, I., Van Droogenbroeck, M., & Cools, M. (2019). SmartGPS: An Android app for collecting urban mobility data. In Moving towards more sustainable mobility and transport through Smart Systems.

Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Saadi, I., Ebaid, A., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2018). Comparison among three automated calibration methods for cellular automata land use change model: GA, PSO and MCMC. In Proceedings of AGILE conference 2018.

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Nishida, G., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2017). A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Cellular Automata Model to Simulate Urban Growth. In GEOProcessing 2017 proceedings, The Ninth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services. Nice, France: ThinkMind.

Saadi, I., Mustafa, A., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2017). Mitigating the Error Rate of an IPF-Based Population Synthesis Approach by Incorporating more Heterogeneity into the Initial Seed. In Proceedings of the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

Saadi, I., Mustafa, A. M. E. S., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2017). A bi-level Random Forest based approach for estimating O-D matrices: Preliminary results from the Belgium National Household Travel Survey. Transportation Research Procedia, 25, 2566-2573. doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.301

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Rienow, A., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2016). Cellular automata urban expansion model based on support vector machines. In M. A. Mostafavi & N. Pinto (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS of Second International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems (pp. 100-104).

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2016). Modelling Urban Expansion: A Multiple Urban-Densities Approach. Proceedings of GEOProcessing 2016, 22-25.

Cools, M., & Moons, E. (2016). Handling Intra-Household Correlations in Modeling Travel: A Comparison of Hierarchical (Random Effect) Models and Marginal (GEE) Models. In Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Saadi, I., El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Évaluation des impacts économiques indirects selon un scénario de risque d’inondation. In Recueil des articles des 34èmes Rencontres Universitaires de Génie Civil de l'AUGC. Liège, Belgium: University of Liège.

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (2015). Modelling Uncertainties in Long-Term Predictions of Urban Growth: A Coupled Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Approach. In J. Ferreira & R. Goodspeed (Eds.), Proceedings of CUPUM 2015 (pp. 18).

Creemers, L., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2015). Analyzing Access, Egress, and Main Transport Mode of Public Transit Journeys: Evidence from the Flemish National Household Travel Survey. In Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Maldague, H., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2015). Modeling accessibility to schools: the case of Wallonia, Belgium. In S. Rasouli & H. Timmermans (Eds.), Current Issues in Transportation Research, Proceedings of the BIVEC/GIBET Transport Research Days 2015 (pp. 96-104). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.

Cools, M., Armoogum, J., & Diana, M. (2014). Experts’ opinions concerning the minimum content of a national household travel survey. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods.

Cools, M. (2013). Boosting Response Rates: Evidence from Flemish Travel Behavior Survey. In Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Tormans, H., Briers, S., & Teller, J. (2013). Unravelling the determinants of carpool behaviour in Flanders, Belgium: Integration of qualitative and quantitative research. In M. Hesse, G. Caruso, P. Gerber, ... F. Viti (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2013 (pp. 128-140). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.

Cools, M., van der Waerden, P., & Janssens, D. (2013). Investigation of the Determinants of Travelers’ Mental Knowledge of Public Parking Facilities. In Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., van der Waerden, P., & Janssens, D. (2013). Investigation of the determinants of the mental knowledge of public parking facilities. In Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Transport Research. Rio, Brazil: WCTRS.

Reumers, S., Liu, F., Janssens, D., Cools, M., & Wets, G. (2013). Semantic Annotation of GPS Traces: Activity Type Inference. In Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2013). A journey across scales, borders and data sources: minimum commute distance (MCD) analysis of home-to-work trips in Belgium. In M. Hesse, G. Caruso, P. Gerber, ... F. Viti (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Days 2013 (pp. 169-171). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.

Creemers, L., Cools, M., Tormans, H., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Knowledge of the Concept Light Rail Transit: Determinants of the Cognitive Mismatch between Actual and Perceived Knowledge. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Toronto, Canada: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR).

Creemers, L., Cools, M., Tormans, H., Lateur, P.-J., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Identifying the Determinants of Light Rail Mode Choice for Medium/Long Distance Trips: Results from a Stated Preference Study. In Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Perrakis, K., Cools, M., Karlis, D., Janssens, D., Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., & Wets, G. (2012). Quantifying Input Uncertainty in Traffic Assignment Models. In Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2012). Poisson mixture regression for Bayesian inference on large over-dispersed transportation origin-destination matrices. In 27th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling.

Rasouli, S., Cools, M., Kochan, B., Arentze, T., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., & Timmermans, H. (2012). Uncertainty in forecasts of complex rule-based systems of travel demand: Comparative analysis of the Albatross/Feathers model system. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Toronto, Canada: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR).

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Tormans, H., De Laender, J., & Wets, G. (2011). Improved Policy Support Through Segmentation Based on Social Acceptance. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). Assessment of the Effect of Micro-Simulation Error on Key Travel Indices: Evidence from the Activity-Based Model FEATHERS. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Ramaekers, K., Reumers, S., & Wets, G. (2011). Modeling Route Choice of Car Travelers using an Activity-Based Segmentation. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). An estimation of total vehicle travel reduction in the case of telecommuting. Detailed analysis using an activity-based modeling approach. In E. Cornelis (Ed.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2011 (pp. 206-213). Zelzate, Belgium: University Press.

Kochan, B., Bellemans, T., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). An estimation of total vehicle travel reduction in the case of telecommuting. Detailed analyses using an activity-based modeling approach. In Proceedings of the 39th European Transport Conference. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Association for European Transport.

Perrakis, K., Karlis, D., Cools, M., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). A Bayesian Approach for Modeling Origin-Destination Matrices. In Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Yang, B., Janssens, D., Ruan, D., Cools, M., Bellemans, T., & Wets, G. (2011). A Data Imputation Method with Support Vector Machines for Activity-Based Transportation Models. In Y. Wang & T. Li (Eds.), Foundations of Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, Shanghai, China, Dec 2011 (ISKE 2011) (pp. 249-258). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25664-6_29

Cools, M., Brijs, K., Moons, E., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2010). The psychology behind road pricing: Identification of socio-cognitive factors inducing changes in activity-travel behavior. In Proceedings of the 12 World Conference on Transport Research. Lisbon, Portugal: WCTRS.

Cools, M., Moons, E., Creemers, L., & Wets, G. (2010). Changes in Travel Behavior in Response to Weather Conditions: Do Type of Weather and Trip Purpose Matter. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Calibrating Activity-Based Models with External OD Information: Overview Of Different Possibilities. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Public Holidays on Travel Time Expenditure: Differentiation by Trip Motive. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2010). Assessing Quality of Origin-Destination Matrices Derived from Activity and Travel Surveys: Results from a Monte Carlo Experiment. In Proceedings of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Ramaekers, K., Cools, M., Reumers, S., & Wets, G. (2010). Modelling Shortest Path Decisions Using an Activity-Based Segmentation. In G. K. Janssens, K. Ramaekers, ... A. Caris (Eds.), ESM '2010 The European Simulation and Modeling Conference (pp. 358-365). Ostend, Belgium: Eurosis-ETI.

Cools, M., Moons, E., Bellemans, T., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2009). Surveying activity-travel behavior in Flanders: Assessing the impact of the survey design. In C. Macharis & L. Turcksin (Eds.), Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2009, Part II (pp. 727-741). Brussels, Belgium: VUBPress.

Cools, M., Moons, E., Janssens, B., & Wets, G. (2009). Shifting Towards Environment-Friendly Modes: Profiling Travelers using Q-Methodology. In Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). Investigating the Variability in Daily Traffic Counts Trough the Use of ARIMAX and SARIMAX Models: Assessing the Effect of Holidays on two diverse site locations. In Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Janssens, D., Beckx, C., Cools, M., Wets, G., Bellemans, T., Int Panis, L., & Vanhoof, K. (2009). The presentation of an integrated microsimulation modeling framework to measure and predict emissions and dynamic exposure. In Proceedings of the Next Generation Data Summit 2009. Columbia, United States - Maryland: KD2U.

Janssens, D., Cools, M., Moons, E., Wets, G., Arentze, T., & Timmermans, H. (2009). Road Pricing as an Impetus for Environment-Friendly Travel Behavior: Results from Stated Adaptation Experiment. In Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2008). Assessing the Impact of Weather on Traffic Intensity. In Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (DVD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). Travel time expenditure in Flanders: Towards a better understanding of travel behavior. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) (CD-ROM).

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). Investigating Effect of Holidays on Daily Traffic Counts: Time Series Approach. In Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (CD-ROM). Washington, United States - District of Columbia: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Oral communications or posters

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Cools, M., Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., Anarita Scorzini, Daniela Molinari, & Dewals, B. (10 July 2023). How does the local context influence flood impacts? [Paper presentation]. Panta Rhei symposium, Potsdam, Germany.

Gong, S., Ismaïl Saadi, Teller, J., & Cools, M. (11 January 2023). Tensor Decomposition for Spatiotemporal Mobility Pattern Learning with Mobile Phone Data [Poster presentation]. TRB 102rd Annual Meeting, Washington, United States - District of Columbia.

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Cools, M., Erpicum, S., Habchi, I., Hardy, J., Pirotton, M., Weber, L., Teller, J., & Dewals, B. (30 June 2022). Modelling direct flood losses: what can we learn from the July 2021 flood in the Meuse basin (Belgium)? [Paper presentation]. KAHR Science Conference, Germany.

Meesmann, U., & Cools, M. (2022). A cross-national comparison of the relation between socio-cognitive factors and drinking and driving [Paper presentation]. ICADTS Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Bui Trung Hiep, Cools, M., & Saadi, I. (07 October 2021). Prosocial and Aggressive driving behaviours and driving-related outcomes in Vietnam [Poster presentation]. PhD Day 2021 (Journée UEE 2021), Liege, Belgium.

Bui Trung Hiep, Saadi, I., & Cools, M. (13 January 2020). Assessing driving anger among Vietnamese motorcyclists [Poster presentation]. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, United States - District of Columbia.

Wilmotte, P.-F., Lambotte, J.-M., Cools, M., & Keppens, M. (07 October 2016). The reinforcement opportunitie of a cross-border train connection: the example of the railway between Liège (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands) (Zangl, S., Trans.) [Paper presentation]. Association of Borderland Studies Europe 2016, Belval - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Marique, A.-F., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Modelling children’s mobility and school commuting: a review and key challenges for further research [Poster presentation]. mobil.TUM 2016: Transforming Urban Mobility, Munich, Germany.

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Saadi, I., Cools, M., & Teller, J. (12 November 2015). Spatial variations of urban development drivers. Comparing an administrative logit approach with a geographically weighted regression model [Paper presentation]. International Land Use Symposium (ILUS) 2015, Dresden, Germany.

Belaid, E., Saadi, I., Rigo, P., & Cools, M. (2014). A bi-objective optimization model for a bimodal network of oil transportation [Paper presentation]. NECTAR Cluster 1 Meeting on Networks "Efficient European Multimodal Networks", Liège, Belgium.

Cools, M., & Limbourg, S. (2014). Climatological influences on inland waterway transport capacity [Paper presentation]. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2014 Annual Meeting, Tampa, United States - Florida.

Creemers, L., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2014). Meteorological variation in travel behaviour [Paper presentation]. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2014 Annual Meeting, Tampa, United States - Florida.

Cools, M., Laterrasse, J., & Le Néchet, F. (2013). Impact of urban form on daily travel: a comparative analysis [Paper presentation]. Land Use Transport Interactions: International Workshop, Champs-sur-Marne (Paris), France.

Caris, A., Cools, M., & Debels, D. (2011). Avoiding congestion in freight transport planning: a case study in Flanders [Paper presentation]. NECTAR 2011 Conference, Antwerp, Belgium.

Cools, M., Creemers, L., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2011). The dual role of weather forecasts on changes in activity-travel behavior [Paper presentation]. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2011 Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States - Washington.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). The use of time use surveys to study activity participation: emerging issues [Paper presentation]. 3rd European Survey Research Association Conference, Warsaw, Poland.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2007). An activity-based approach for surveying and modelling travel behaviour: analysis of the mixed-mode design effects [Paper presentation]. 2nd European Survey Research Association Conference, Prague, Czechia.

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2006). Regular events in travel behaviour research: setup of a longitudinal websurvey [Paper presentation]. 25th Biennial meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) jointly with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM), Budapest, Hungary.

Books

As author or co-author

Armoogum, J., Bonsall, P., Browne, M., Christensen, L., Cools, M., Cornelis, E., Diana, M., Guilloux, T., Harder, H., Hegner Reinau, K., Hubert, J.-P., Kagerbauer, M., Kuhnimhof, T., Madre, J.-L., Moiseeva, A., Polak, J., Schulz, A., Tébar, M., Vidalakis, L., & Armoogum, J. (Crit. Ed.). (2014). Survey Harmonisation with New Technologies Improvement (SHANTI). Marne la Vallée, France: IFSTTAR.

Book chapters and contributions to collective works

Liu, F., Cui, J., Janssens, D., Wets, G., & Cools, M. (2017). Semantic annotation of mobile phone data using machine learning algorithms. In N. Mohamudally, Smartphones from an Applied Research Perspective (pp. 93-112). IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.70255

Saadi, I., Teller, J., & Cools, M. (2016). Belgium: The Use of MATSim within an Estimation Framework for Assessing Economic Impacts of River Floods. In A. Horni, K. Nagel, ... K. W. Axhausen (Eds.), The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim (pp. 399–404). London, United Kingdom: Ubiquity Press. doi:10.5334/baw.63

El Saeid Mustafa, A. M., Cools, M., Saadi, I., & Teller, J. (2015). Urban Development as a Continuum: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Approach. In O. Gervasi, B. Murgante, S. Misra, M. L. Gavrilova, A. M. A. C. Rocha, C. Torre, D. Taniar, ... B. O. Apduhan (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2015, Part III (pp. 729-744). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21470-2_53

Cools, M., Moons, E., & Wets, G. (2009). Modeling Daily Traffic Counts: Analyzing the Effects of Holidays. In B. Sloboda (Ed.), Transportation Statistics (pp. 103-122). Fort Lauderdale, United States - Florida: J Ross Publishing.

Theses and dissertations

Doctoral thesis

Cools, M. (2009). Inter- and intraday variability of Flemish travel behavior [Doctoral thesis, Uhasselt - Universiteit Hasselt]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/132880

Master dissertations

Cools, M. (2005). Social, economic and policy analysis of recreational fisheries in Flanders [Master’s dissertation, Uhasselt - Universiteit Hasselt]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/132952

Other publications and communications

Speeches and writings for a general audience

Conferences given outside the academic context

Cools, M. (2014). Mobilité durable et le rôle du covoiturage [Paper presentation]. Alone in your car? You could do better, Brussels, Belgium.

Others

Cools, M. (2014). Le "serious game" peut-il être un outil utile au développement du territoire? [Paper presentation]. Le serious game : un outil pour la planification urbaine?, Liège, Belgium.