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Kay W. Axhausen

Kay W. Axhausen

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Engineering and Technology
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
93
Citations
35362
World Ranking
221
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Operating system

Kay W. Axhausen mostly deals with Travel behavior, Transport engineering, Operations research, Advertising and Mode choice. Many of his research projects under Travel behavior are closely connected to Behavioral analysis with Behavioral analysis, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. Kay W. Axhausen combines subjects such as Global Positioning System and Information system with his study of Transport engineering.

Process is closely connected to Microsimulation in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Operations research. His studies in Advertising integrate themes in fields like Marketing, Econometrics and Mobile phone. His Econometrics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Value of time and Consumer behaviour.

His most cited work include:

  • Smart cities of the future (942 citations)
  • Activity‐based approaches to travel analysis: conceptual frameworks, models, and research problems (508 citations)
  • OBSERVING THE RHYTHMS OF DAILY LIFE: A SIX-WEEK TRAVEL DIARY (388 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Transport engineering, Operations research, Econometrics, Travel behavior and Public transport. His Global Positioning System research extends to the thematically linked field of Transport engineering. His Operations research research includes themes of Transportation planning, Microsimulation and Discrete choice.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Mode choice, Travel time and Multinomial logistic regression in addition to Econometrics. His Mode choice study is concerned with the field of Mode as a whole.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Transport engineering (20.85%)
  • Operations research (14.50%)
  • Econometrics (11.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Transport engineering (20.85%)
  • Public transport (8.44%)
  • Mode choice (7.88%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Transport engineering, Public transport, Mode choice, Operations research and Econometrics. Travel behavior and TRIPS architecture are the primary areas of interest in his Transport engineering study.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim (296 citations)
  • Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services (182 citations)
  • Autonomous vehicles: The next jump in accessibilities? (137 citations)

Best Publications

  • Smart cities of the future

    M. Batty;K. W. Axhausen;F. Giannotti;A. Pozdnoukhov

  • The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim

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  • The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim

    Andreas Horni;Kai Nagel;Kay W Axhausen

  • Activity‐based approaches to travel analysis: conceptual frameworks, models, and research problems

    Kay W. Axhausen;Tommy Gärling

  • OBSERVING THE RHYTHMS OF DAILY LIFE: A SIX-WEEK TRAVEL DIARY

    Kay W. Axhausen;Andrea Zimmermann;Stefan Schönfelder;Guido Rindsfüser

  • Cost-based analysis of autonomous mobility services

    Patrick M. Bösch;Felix Becker;Henrik Becker;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Activity spaces: measures of social exclusion?

    Stefan Schönfelder;Kay W Axhausen

  • Introduction: Habitual travel choice

    Tommy Gärling;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Networks and tourism. Mobile social life

    Jonas Larsen;John Urry;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Habitual travel behaviour: Evidence from a six-week travel diary

    Robert Schlich;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Processing Raw Data from Global Positioning Systems Without Additional Information

    Nadine Schuessler;Kay W Axhausen

  • Mobilities, Networks, Geographies

    Jonas Larsen;John Urry;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Literature review on surveys investigating the acceptance of automated vehicles

    Felix Becker;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Autonomous vehicles: The next jump in accessibilities?

    Jonas Meyer;Henrik Becker;Patrick M. Bösch;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Route Choice of Cyclists in Zurich

    Gianluca Menghini;Nelson Carrasco;Nadine Schüssler;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Geographies of Social Networks: Meetings, Travel and Communications

    Jonas Larsen;Kay W. Axhausen;John Urry

  • Comparing Car-Sharing Schemes in Switzerland: User Groups and Usage Patterns

    Henrik Becker;Francesco Ciari;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Demand-driven timetable design for metro services

    Lijun Sun;Jian Gang Jin;Der-Horng Lee;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Sizes Required to Serve Different Levels of Demand

    Patrick M. Boesch;Francesco Ciari;Kay W. Axhausen

  • Understanding metropolitan patterns of daily encounters

    Lijun Sun;Kay W. Axhausen;Der-Horng Lee;Xianfeng Huang

  • Agent-Based Demand-Modeling Framework for Large-Scale Microsimulations

    Michael Balmer;Kay W. Axhausen;Kai Nagel

  • Social Networks, Mobility Biographies, and Travel: Survey Challenges

    Kay W Axhausen

  • Agent-based simulation of travel demand: Structure and computational performance of MATSim-T

    Michael Balmer;Konrad Meister;Marcel Rieser;Kai Nagel

  • Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and smart grids: Investigations based on a microsimulation

    Rashid A. Waraich;Matthias D. Galus;Christoph Dobler;Michael Balmer

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Polak
John W. Polak Imperial College London
Stephane Hess
Stephane Hess University of Leeds
Kai Nagel
Kai Nagel Technical University of Berlin
Michel Bierlaire
Michel Bierlaire École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Der-Horng Lee
Der-Horng Lee Zhejiang University
Chandra R. Bhat
Chandra R. Bhat The University of Texas at Austin
Sergio R. Jara-Díaz
Sergio R. Jara-Díaz University of Chile
Ennio Cascetta
Ennio Cascetta University of Naples Federico II
John Urry
John Urry Lancaster University

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